White Papers

    Youth Voices and Recommendations for Government and Industry

    Click on each team's mission patch below to read.

    Team Acacia

    Communicating Space to Australia: Our Opportunities, Aspirations and Challenges

    Acacia’s white paper takes a deep dive into how space is communicated within Australia, why it matters, and how we can do better as a nation to communicate the importance of space.

    Case Studies

    • Katherine Bennell-Pegg: A story of national pride and a vessel for inspiration.
    • A comparison of Brazil and India’s space development and lessons Australia can learn.

    Recommendations

    • Areas of collaboration for facilitation of a public engagement campaign.
    • Incorporation of science communication into media.
    • A national space policy.

    Team Banksia

    Australia's Space Niche: Charting our Future in the Global Space Sector

    Banksia’s white paper aims to identify Australia’s most promising space capabilities and niche areas to help the nation strategically position itself within the global space industry. 

    Key Topics

    • Antartica’s role in space.
    • Diversity of the Australian space workforce.
    • Space startups in medical technologies.
    • Australia’s geographical politics.
    • Space mining, and space and quantum technologies
    • The cost of inaction: Risks to Australia’s space future.

    Recommendations

    • Promotion of Australia’s strategic position for the development of launch facilities.
    • Funding of a consortium to model a sustainable lunar habitat prototype.
    • Unifying Australia’s Quantum and Space Strategy, and Australia’s Space and Antartic Strategy.
    • Expansion of funding for Australian space startups in medical & satellite technologies.

    Team Casuarina

    How can Australia and its regional neighbours enhance space sector cooperation to address shared challenges and promote sustainable development and stability?

    Casuarina’s white paper explores the unrealised potential for space sector cooperation between Australia and its regional neighbours in Southeast Asia and the Pacific, particularly smaller Pacific Island Nations. 

    Case Studies

    • New Zealand’s space industry.
    • Tongasat and interference from foreign actors.
    • Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai Volcano Eruption and Subsequent Tsunami.
    • The Australia-New Zealand Collaborative Space Program.

    Recommendations

    • Government-Space sector community.
    • Support for space initatives in the Pacific.
    • An Oceania Space collaborative program.
    • A STEM-focused award scheme.
    • Track 1.5-like sessions.
    • Satellites to enhance MDA.

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