20 July, 1969; Humanity is poised to walk on our moon for the very first time. The air is electrified with excitement the world over as the module carrying those brave souls approaches the lunar surface. But perhaps few places are more excited than the chosen few manning the Honeysuckle Creek Tracking Station and the nationally famous Parkes Observatory (the dish) where the broadcast of this history moment are being received live from the orbiter. As the world watches humanities first footsteps on a stranger new world it is Australia that is delivering those images, placing our great land firmly in the history books.

More than 40 years on from this enormous event that captured the imagination of an entire generation and spawned everything from microwave ovens to sunglasses; humanity is once again poised to enter a brave new world in space exploration, mining and perhaps even colonisation. To the early adopters of this new era will go the spoils, and we feel Australia is well placed to take advantage of this window of opportunity afforded us through the creation of a joint government and privately funded space program.

With some of the best minds in astronomy, engineering, mining and hostile environments native to Australia, it's time we truly looked towards the future, by providing them with the opportunities in our great land before they're forced overseas in order to live out their career.

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