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Do you know about the issue of #SpaceDebris🛰️? It is one of six #RiskTippingPoints identified by the recent #InterconnectedRisks🔗 report. Master's programme #alumna🎓 Caitlyn Eberle was a Lead Author on the report, and led its research on space debris. Check out this 5️⃣Facts article to learn more➡️: https://lnkd.in/e_HcWg4n

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A reminder from Nicolle Flint that we enter 2024 with a prime minister interested in flying but not interested in flight. Oh, for a federal minister who champions space activities in this country. But the sky is the limit with this government. Australia is a declining middle power because we think like a small power. … The Liberal Party claims the Prime Minister has traveled some 384,400km overseas on his private jet, which, if accurate, is by bizarre coincidence the same distance between earth and the moon. This coincidence is particularly unfortunate given it was Prime Minister Albanese and his Minister for Science and Industry Ed Husic who sent Australia’s fledgling Space program crashing back down to earth in June last year. Under Mr Husic’s leadership – if you could call it that – the Labor government axed the $1.2 billion National Space Mission for Earth Observation (NSMEO) program, and also according to reporting by The Guardian, the $77 million Spaceports program, the Australian Technology into Orbit program and a sub-program of the Moon to Mars program. These decisions were short-sighted and disastrous for Australia as a nation, but particularly for South Australia, the home of the Australian Space Agency founded by the Morrison and Marshall Liberal governments. The main program, the National Space Mission for Earth Observation which was endorsed by NASA in the USA, was to finally enable Australia to build and launch our own satellites so that we would no longer have to rely on those owned by the US, Japan and Europe for land, sea and climate-related information. This data would help track weather, climate change, natural disasters, maritime issues and provide information for individuals, businesses and governments. As reported by The Australian newspaper, the axing of this program caused somewhat of a diplomatic incident as the Albanese Labor government “kept the White House in the dark” about their decision. It also caused a significant backlash from defence officials, industry experts, businesses and scientists who pointed out the impact on our schools, universities, sovereign satellite and defence capability, enhanced manufacturing opportunities - not to mention new jobs in a new industry. Australian Strategic Policy Institute senior analyst Dr Malcolm Davis, was quoted by The Australian as stating the “Americans would have been appalled at the notion that we were going to pull out of NSMEO” and we would no longer be considered a “serious player in space”. The ABC reported Professor Alan Duffy, an astronomer with Swinburne University, describing the cuts as having "a chilling factor" and putting the space industry “in limbo”, and Bec Shrimpton, Director of Defence Strategy and National Security at the Australian Strategic Policy Institute as condemning Labor’s decision as an “industry-wide hit”, that “confidence has gone out of the sector”, companies would have to move overseas.

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“Our primary objective with this burst test, which is the first on a module of this size, was to verify the success we’ve achieved on subscale units holds true at this larger size. Its success provides us with a critical data point in achieving flight certification as we work toward protecting the next generation of humans living and working in space." - James Kirwan, Program Manager, Space Habitats at ILC Dover. Learn more about the strides Sierra Space and #ILCDover are making in human space habitation: https://bit.ly/42VvrAC

SWF Preprint Series #6: The Development and Implementation of International UN Guidelines For The Long-Term Sustainability of Outer Space Activities In this latest paper, SWF Executive Director Peter Martinez outlines the development and early implementation of the UN's LTS Guidelines for space sustainability, set against the backdrop of increasing space activities and orbital debris, and proposes how COSPAR can further these efforts in the context of managing the space environment. Read PrePrint: https://buff.ly/41cw5Ja

Guidelines for the Long-Term Sustainability of Outer Space Activities of the Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space #SpaceEconomy #SpaceSustainability

The future of space habitats is here. Introducing Max Space to get the maximum amount of space in space.

SWF Preprint Series #7: Transparency and Confidence Building Measures for Outer Space Activities This Preprint explores the importance of Transparency and Confidence-Building Measures in outer space. It analyzes their role in enhancing global stability and peaceful space exploration amid increasing space capabilities and emerging commercial activities. Read Preprint: https://buff.ly/3t6eNAU

#DidYouKnow there is a body within the United Nations striving to ensure the peaceful use of outer space? Uncover some interesting facts about the Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space (COPUOS) and its efforts to facilitate international cooperation in harnessing space technology.   #COPUOS #SpaceExploration #SustainableDevelopment