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Interim Report - Australia's space science and industry sector

23 June 2008

View the report as a single document - (PDF 115KB)

View the report as separate downloadable parts:


Membership of Committee	(PDF 17KB)

Chapter 1 - Introduction	(PDF 15KB)
Terms of reference

Chapter 2 - The Questions	(PDF 92KB)
Should Australia have a whole-of-government 'space policy'? What should Australia's role be in pure space science? In what areas of applied space science and industry does Australia have a comparative advantage? Would greater involvement in space science be inspirational for students and others? Is there an economic case for government assistance? Is there a security case for government assistance? Should Australia be making more use of satellites? Should there be a space cluster? Should Australia have (or join) a space agency? Should the Australian government be giving more support for the Square Kilometre Array? Is Australian education adequate for a space future? Concluding remarks

Appendix 1 - Submissions Received	(PDF 16KB)

Appendix 2 - Public Hearings and Witnesses	(PDF 12KB)

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