APPENDIX 3
Decadal Plan for Australian Space Science
The Australian Academy of Science's National Committee for
Space Science is developing a decadal plan for Australian space science. A full
version of the current draft is available at http://www.physics.usyd.edu.au/~ncss/DraftPlan_Release.pdf.
The plan aims to demonstrate that important projects can be
done at modest cost, a dollar per year for each Australian. The following summary
was provided by the National Committee:
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A new Australian Coordination Committee for Space
Science (ACCSS, pronounced “access”).
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New science goals and coordinating themes determined by
and agreed to by the space science community.
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A ground-based state-of-the-art network (Spaceship
Australis) to make Australasia and Antarctica the world’s best instrumented and
modelled region for predicting the effects of Sun and space to Earth’s surface,
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A new program (ICFO – International Collaborations and
Future Opportunities) to fund Australian participation in future international
space efforts, including human exploration and space medicine.
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A major education, training, and outreach capability
that can coordinate and leverage existing and new projects, both national and
international.
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Two innovative and exciting spacecraft missions with
multiple world-class capabilities (Lightning and Sundiver).
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A new National Institute for Space Science.
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Support for medium-sized collaborations that range from
digital radars to image analysis laboratories to propulsion.[1]
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