Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull announced on Monday Australia would create its own space agency to increase its share of the 277 billion euro space economy.<br /><br />The official launch of the initiative was made by the Education and Training Minister Simon Birmingham at the 68th International Astronautical Congress in Adelaide.<br /><br />“I am confident that with our unique geography, South Australia will naturally be at the forefront of an increased Australian engagement in space industries,” he said.<br /><br />Australia in 1967 became one of the first countries to launch a satellite and NASA’s Honeysuckle Creek tracking station in Australia broadcast the images of astronaut Neil Armstrong’s first steps on the moon, but successive governments have baulked at establishing a space agency because of cost. The government has yet to announce how much it will invest in the new agency. Australia currently has less than a 1% share<br />of the lucrative market.<br /><br />Of the OECD nations only Iceland and Australia have had no space agencies of their own.<br /><br />#FlatEarth #Sun maintenance<br /><br />By artschemistry itstravelsbible#science #space #technology #education #businesspic.twitter.com/NJBqkCxK31— Space Traveller (@spactra) 21 septembre 2017<br />
