As the Australian Space Agency officially opens its new Adelaide headquarters, Scott Morrison says it will deliver local companies with global opportunities.
The Australian Space Agency has officially opened its new Adelaide headquarters, with the Federal Government predicting activities at the site will help to triple the size of the nation's space industry.The Federal Government plans to grow the space industry from $3.9 billion to $12 billionThe head of the agency said a mission control centre will be open next year
Prime Minister Scott Morrison opened the agency's new home this morning, saying it will provide local companies with opportunities to capitalise on Australian involvement in NASA's plans to launch human missions to Mars. Head of the agency, Dr Megan Clark, said a small mission control centre inside the Australian Space Discovery Centre — which is based at the site — would open next year.
"What will be unusual is the mission control will be right here and we will have glass at the back so people can come in off the street and see what we are doing," she said. "We want kids and people to be able to see what's happening on the lunar surface, to be able to see what's happening in real time on the lunar orbiter, and eventually to be able to come and say 'I wonder what's happening on Mars today', and come in and see people in action.
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