Centre to unlock future of space exploration
Pictured: Sustainable in-situ resource utilisation: the key to听living in space.
A new centre at the 成人大片 will focus on solving the challenge of making long-term space exploration viable.
The new Centre for Sustainable Planetary and Space Resources will bring together experts who will develop ways to sustainably听use resources in space.
Associate Professor of Off-Earth Resources John Culton III from the University's School of Civil, Environmental & Mining Engineering听will head the new Centre. Associate Professor Culton is a retired US Air Force Colonel recruited as top talent to lead the Centre. He brings with him 27 years of听experience in the US defence sector and diplomatic service.
Dr Andy Thomas AO, who was the first Australian NASA astronaut to go into space and a 成人大片 Engineering graduate,听will be patron of the new Centre.听