2023.05.17 | Space: The next frontier for Australian innovation with Katherine Bennell-Pegg

On The Space Show for Wednesday, 17 May 2023:

Katherine Bennell-Pegg, Director, Space Technology at the Australian Space Agency and now also Australia’s first astronaut candidate in training with the European Space Agency, presents the 2022 Warren Centre Innovation Lecture at the Faculty of Engineering, University of Sydney.

Katherine is introduced by Professor Ben Thornber, School of Aerospace, Mechanical and Mechatronic Engineering at the University of Sydney.

Katherine presents a comprehensive look at the ambitions of the Australian Space Agency and the potentialities of the space industry in Australia, including:

• space as the high ground
• the four segments of space industry
• space and Australia
• Australian Space Agency roadmaps
• Earth observation
• access to space
• exploration services
• space industry resilience, workforce & skills
• Trailblazer lunar rover
• the innovation cycle
• questions and answers. (Audio inserts courtesy of the Warren Centre)