ANU stands ready to support new space agency

The Australian National University (ANU) is poised to play a key role to support a new national space agency and to help drive education, research and industry collaborations as Australia grow its space industries. ANU Vice-Chancellor Professor Brian Schmidt said the University is home to key national space resources and has vast capacity and capability to support a new space agency with broad expertise from science through to law and policy. "The investment in a new national space agency is an exciting development in Australia's space story and as the nation's university we look forward to playing a leading role in its establishment," Professor Schmidt said.  "We have long supported efforts to bring a national focus to space and have worked alongside our industry and business partners for many years to advance the nation's space capabilities. "ANU is home to important national facilities including the space test facility at Mount Stromlo and the Siding Spring Observatory in NSW and has built collaborative international partnerships with agencies including NASA and the European Space Agency. "We look forward to bringing our extensive cross-disciplinary capability to support the agency and its initiatives and its activities." Professor Anna Moore - Member of the government's Expert Reference Group - Director, Advanced Instrumental Technology Centre (AITC) "As a member of the Expert Rerefence Group, I'm very happy to see this level of investment to start Australia's space agency.