SpaceX’s Launch Will Provide Australia’s Space Industry More Room To Fly

Elon Musk’s billion dollar space baby project has recently launched off our pandemic ridden planet and has successfully docked with the International Space Station. This project is not only the first time a commercial company has launched astronauts into space but launched them in a more sustainable and safe way through the use of a reusable rocket. SpaceX truly has revolutionized space travel. So what do these massive steps forward in the space sector mean for our very own space industry in Australia? 

Cassandra Steer, a Mission Specialist at the Australian National University’s Institute For Space joined The Daily to tell us more about how SpaceX has revolutionized the international space industry and what that means for Australia’s newly fledged space sector.

For more details you can read Cassandra Steer’s article in The Conversation.

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