Summary
More rockets were launched into space in 2021 than any year before, taking with them hundreds of satellites as well as the odd first-time astronaut.
The Australian Space Industry (yes, we have one) is taking off, providing untold opportunities. Suddenly everyone wants to get to space. While the focus is often on commercialising space tourism, governments and private companies want their own fleets of satellites in orbit, and the reduction in costs are contributing to this reality.
As this new frontier becomes increasingly crowded, questions need to be answered about space governance, traffic, sovereignty and even managing the precious resources on the Moon and Mars. Our expert panel questions how we will navigate this brave new world without Captain Kirk.
Space Race 2.0 is presented with QUT
FEATURING
Alice Gorman
Alice Gorman
Dr Alice Gorman is an internationally recognised space archaeologist and author of the award-winning book Dr Space Junk vs the Universe: Archaeology and the Future. She is an Associate Professor...
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Ali Buchberger
Ali Buchberger
Ali Buchberger is an accomplished executive, having held senior positions across the space, mining, science and technology industries for more than a decade. As Director (Industry Engagement) at QUT, she...
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Peter Corke
Peter Corke
Peter Corke is a Professor of Robotic Vision at Queensland University of Technology, and Director of the ARC Centre of Excellence for Robotic Vision. His research focuses on enabling robots...
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Elizabeth Pearce
Elizabeth Pearce
Elizabeth (Liz) Pearce completed a Bachelor of Science with honours majoring in Physics at the University of Newcastle in 2009. She worked at the Bureau of Meteorology in 2010 to...
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SUPPORTING LEARNING RESOURCES
In this activity, students participate in a community of inquiry to consider the implications of human space travel. This process gives students an opportunity to come to a full, shared understanding of the concepts and issues around human space travel.
Contains curriculum links to:
Years 5, 7
Earth Space
Want a job that is literally out of this world? Gilmour Space Technologies is an Australian rocket company developing new capabilities for launching small satellites to space. Learn what it takes to be a rocket scientist with their team members Kristin Stewart and Thomas Ireland.
Contains curriculum links to:
Years 7 – 12
Chemistry, Physics, Technology
In this persuasive writing task, students determine where humans should create the first space colony, using prior learning and research to justify their decisions. This task could be presented as a video, podcast, multimodal presentation or written report. Students may use the Planet Posters (included in this resource) to gather information about the planets in our solar system.
Contains curriculum links to:
Year 5
Earth Space
Students may use these planet posters to gather information about the planets in our solar system including temperature, distance from the Sun, diameter and atmosphere composition.
Contains curriculum links to:
Year 5
Earth Space
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