The recently launched Shenzhou XIII manned spacecraft attracted our attention. These three astronauts need to stay in China Space Station for half a year to continue human efforts to explore space. China's space industry has made remarkable achievements. Then, as a big country in the southern hemisphere, what is the development of Australia's aerospace industry? I just want to talk to you.

First of all, let's talk about history, although Australia has not independently developed many rockets and spaceships like China, the United States and Russia. However, the history of space exploration in this country can be traced back to the 1990s. Andy Thomas went into space as the first Australian in 1996, and then landed in space for four times.

Andy thomas was born in Adelaide and graduated from the University of Adelaide. Officially based on this history and heritage. In 20 18, the Australian federal government announced the establishment of ASA, Australia's first national space agency headquarters, which was a milestone in Australia's space history, and chose Adelaide as the site. And officially unveiled in 2020.

In addition to the landing of NASA headquarters, Adelaide will also have a mission control and space exploration center, where visitors can connect with the International Space Station in real time and have the opportunity to interact with astronauts there. In the future, there will be opportunities to witness some manned space missions in the center, including NASA's plan to send the first woman to the moon by 2024. The Space Exploration Center will become an interactive teaching facility to provide the most advanced professional guidance for local and international students in Adelaide.

With the entry of the new space agency, local enterprises and Australia have opened the door to the global space industry worth $345 billion. We all know that Houston in the United States is the main space base in the United States and the largest space center in the United States is also there. Then Adelaide's future will be the Australian version of Houston.

What is even more exciting is that the Australian government will take the opportunity of the new space agency. By 2030, Australia's space economy will triple to US$ 654.38+0.2 billion, creating up to 20,000 jobs.

More importantly, this will certainly promote the industrial upgrading of Adelaide and even South Australia. Aerospace is a high-tech industry, which plays a very important role in promoting the science and technology industry in a region. Adelaide is on the road to the transformation of the technology industry.

14 is located in the north terrace of Adelaide and is the official seat of the Australian Space Agency. This is also the South Australian government's heavy investment in building a high-tech industry. At present, it has invested up to 364 million Australian dollars, forming a certain industrial scale. Lot Fourteen also includes an innovation and entrepreneurship incubation base, which will accommodate many fields with world-leading development speed, including artificial intelligence, network security, smart sensors, robots, big data and so on. In the future, it will be the Australian version of Silicon Valley.

There are some start-up and medium-sized companies in Lot Fourteen, including satellite communication company Myriota, space technology leader Inovor, rocket propulsion developer Neumann space, life science company Presagen, IT consulting company Chamonix, big data research company Datium, driverless mobile pioneer EasyMile, virtual reality development studio Jumpgate VR and many creative art companies led by Anton Andreacchio. In addition, MIT's first living laboratory in Australia was also built here.

World-renowned technology companies such as Google, Amazon and Accenture have also settled in the 14 plot.

As the main driving force to promote the development of local science and technology, universities in Adelaide also actively participate in the research and development of these science and technology industries. At the beginning of 20 18, the Australian institute of machine learning (AIML) of the university of adelaide, Australia was established, which was the first institution devoted to machine learning research (the institute ranked first among similar institutions in the world 10). In order to cope with the fourth industrial revolution, the University of South Australia established the advanced Testlab "Industry 4.0 Test Laboratory" in the Mosen Lake Campus.

At present, both the University of Adelaide and the University of South Australia have set up a number of engineering, IT and science majors. Through these majors, students can catch up with the new trends in the science and technology industry in Adelaide in the future.

Students can connect the relevant majors of the University of Adelaide and the University of South Australia through Eynesbury and SAIBT of our Ansberry College respectively.