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Sustainability is often an afterthought in space exploration – that needs to change as the industry grows

  • Written by: Priyanka Dhopade, Lecturer in Mechanical Engineering, University of Auckland
Sustainability is often an afterthought in space exploration – that needs to change as the industry grows.NASA/Bill Anders

Aotearoa New Zealand is the latest country to enter the expanding and competitive international space market.

In the aerospace strategy and national space policy, the government lays out how it intends to grow the domestic space sector by launching rockets and satellites and promoting Earth observation research.

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