Pamela Melroy has called on Australia to increase its spending on high-tech space developments in a bid to counter China’s growing dominance in outer space.
developments over the past few years – including its landing on the far side of the moon in 2018, its sustained space station presence in orbit, and its rover landed on Mars in 2021 – have fuelled top American space officials’ concerns over the future of space.Sydney Morning Herald. “Something that’s very important to us is bringing the best of humanity into the solar system.”
“Personally, I think ... what you do with your technology is just as important as the technology itself. So I’m proud that we’re going as part of a partnership, that we are equal partners with everyone who goes out to the moon with us.“I think we should go faster. [But] this is high-tech. It doesn’t happen overnight. It takes a sustained investment, which is why it’s really important that a country treats it as a strategic priority.
“More needs to be done to safeguard our assets in cyber and elsewhere, and to be able to respond comprehensively to emerging threats,” he said.
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