Australian Space Agency?

November 13, 2008 at 9:32 am | Posted in Space Law | Leave a comment

by P.J. Blount with the blog faculty

The Australian Senate Standing Committee on Economics has published a report titled Lost in Space? Setting a new direction for Australia’s space science and industry sector:

The committee believes it is not good enough for Australia to be lost in space. It is time to set some clear directions. The Australian government should have a space policy and, like most other comparable countries, an agency to implement it. The global space industry generates global revenues of around US$250 billion per annum, and Australia should be playing a larger role.

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