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Filtering by Tag: Space debris

EY Megatrends - the role of space in the new resource rush

Alan Duffy

It was a pleasure working with the EY Megatrends team to expore the latest in space technology and the implications for the global resource sector, both in terms of exploration and more efficient extraction on Earth through space to the more speculative future of mining beyond Earth. The more immediate challenges of industrialisations of Low Earth Orbit in particular was a very productive (and worrying!) area that we highlighted. The film Gravity paints that challenge vividly..!

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categories Academic, Blog, Public
tags Space Industry, Space debris, Resources

Australia's responsibility (and opportunity) to clean up Space Junk

Alan Duffy

ncreasing amounts of space debris are nearing a critical point, where unavoidable collisions will cause more debris, in a disastrous chain reaction that will make space inaccessible to us. This has been termed the Kessler Syndrome. Once the cascading collisions begin, they cannot be stopped.

As I explain in this thought piece for the The Age, Australia has an important role in this global issue as we monitor vast skies with space technologies that few others in the Southern Hemisphere have.

Image by ESA

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categories Public, Media, Blog
tags Space junk, Space debris, Australia