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I was able to get an interview with the Deputy Premier of South Australia - Hon. Susan Close!
We managed to nerd out and chat all about the Australian Space Industry, orbital sustainability and what the industry will look like for the future of South Australia.
Using hypersonic technology to "Fly to Space" at Mach 5 and beyond A chat with Dr Michael Smart and David Waterhouse from Hypersonix using technology developed over the last 30+ years.
I had a chat with Brian Lim the CEO of Dandelions where we discussed the Gyrochute and the overall capability of this new technology.
The Gyrochute represents a new way to establish communications in a post natural disaster scenario and a new way of bringing experiments home from the International Space Station.
The launch of Rocket Lab’s Make It Rain which happened on the 29 June 2019. It was the seventh launch of their Electron Rocket successfully delivering multiple cubesats to low Earth orbit further proving the reliability of one of the newest launch vehicles in the market. On board was an AUSTRALIAN MADE cubesat proving the capability of students from the Melbourne Space Program!!!
I was in Kiruna, Sweden for a holiday with my family. Kiruna is a mining town that lies inside the Artic Circle and is home to both The Institute for Space Physics and Lulea University of Technology.
In this episode, I got a chance to take a tour of this wonderful facility with Philip Wittmann, a PHD student from the Institute for Space Physics, who is currently working on hardware due to be launched to study Jupiter and where there is an interesting link to Australia.
SEPTEMBER 2019: Recently I had an opportunity to chat with Adam Gilmour from Gilmour Space and I got a chance to all about why he left a career in the banking industry to start a rocket company with his brother James!
The Mars Desert Research Station will fall under an Australian Commander - Andrew Wheeler.
Australia Day was special where The Space Down Under was able to a live-cross to the MDRS in the United States Andrew all about the Mars Desert Research Station and crew under his command!