Why it's time for Australia to launch its own space agency
- Written by Simon Driver, Professor of Astrophysics, University of Western Australia
Any nation that hopes to have a space program needs to be able to keep an eye on its orbiting assets at all times. This means that Australia has become a key link in the global chain of ground-based tracking stations.
The US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has a deep space tracking facility at Tidbinbilla in the ACT, managed by...







