NSW Division — ATSE AND UUSC LUNCHEON SERIES

OPEN TO ALL ATSE FELLOWS & GUESTS

ATSE AND UUSC LUNCHEON SERIES

Wednesday 23 September 2020

12pm for lunch
12.30pm for Zoom (BYO Wine) 

A new space race is beginning! But will it be safe?

Space travel, space exploration, the evolution of the world or; what now?

• Outer Space – it is getting crowded.
• Space – how it is becoming increasingly important to us.  

Abstract:  The space age started less than 70 years ago, but since that beginning exploration of space has increased dramatically. Extraordinary discoveries have resulted from satellite missions to the Moon, other Planets and beyond the Solar System. However, the space around the Earth is now becoming very crowded.
 
As we move to a high technology future there are lots of exciting prospects: communications; navigation; predicting weather; espionage; defence applications and so many more.
 
Are the risks and dangers worth it?
New international strategies and agreements are now needed.
 
Extraordinary discoveries have resulted from satellite missions to the Sun, Earth itself, the Moon, other Planets and beyond the Solar System. For Earth satellites increasingly provide imaging data and GPS and communication services which modern societies struggle to do without. Imagine Australia’s security, economy, and society without them.
 
Moreover, space industry is increasingly viewed as both vital to Australia’s security and one of the highest growth rate sectors, and so crucial to economic growth. Australia’s future thus depends very strongly on space, including satellite manufacturing and use. Yet solar activity and other space weather events, such as the pre-Space Age Carrington event, could remove our access to existing space assets with only a day’s warning, crippling global society. Our future thus contains many exciting prospects as well as risks: we indeed “live in interesting times”.   
 
Come and hear international experts present their views at the next ATSE and UUSC (Union University and Schools Club) Lunch.
We are delighted to ask you to save this date and attend our next luncheon by way of ZOOM and Physical lunch in the club or ZOOM alone.