Quantum isn’t an interesting laboratory experiment anymore, in the same way cyber warfare isn’t just something that nation states do to each other.
I think the space economy will be a bit like the internet in the 90s. One month you have a conversation on this cool thing called the internet – the next month you are completely unable to do your job because the office wifi network goes down
Yesterday we woke to the surprising news that Australia had made the most dramatic change in Defence policy in a generation.
Australia needs to define a national space policy and implementation plan which encapsulates defence and civil focus areas.
Recurrent themes were connectedness, cooperation and sustainability – truly unifying themes for a world sometimes better understood in terms of its divisions.
This global space industry is predicted to be worth US$600 billion by 2030, and Australia is well-positioned to gain from the boom.
Structural problems in the defence sector have made it hard for firms to recruit workers – this needs to change.
On the 50th anniversary of that amazing achievement, when Apollo 11 landed and humans walked on another celestial body, we want to acknowledge that effort that sacrifice and offer our support to the next wave of space achievements
Australia’s defence industry sector has an odd shape. Medium size companies are rare in Australian defence industry. We’ve a strong top and a large bottom – but why so hollow…