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Will Australia announce plans to create a space program in 2008?
Current forecast: 13% chance 
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Combining all predictions, the current forecast is that this is 13% likely to happen (down 5% in last 1 day)
Astronaut Andy Thomas has asked Australia's government to create a space agency. The Senate is expected to report by October. http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/05/23/2253828.htm?section=australia'>http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/05/23/2253828.htm?section=australia<;/a>
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jbrown: No plans have been announced to create a space programme in Australia, this should either be settled now or extended until 1 January 2009
jbrown: No plans have been announced to create a space programme in Australia, this should either be settled now or extended until 1 January 2009
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isn't that the place Americans and Russians hang out? I guess they could send a sheep
into space. Or a yobbo. "what effect does zero gravity have on an opened can of beer?"
However the settement date is 31 December, so if no news by then question will settle as 'no'
woomera: a aboriginal spear thrower.
Is that the latest in australian space research?
Regardless of what the gentleman above thinks he only joined to-day. and like all new comers falls into a trap.
Howard lost because he lied and also lost his own blue ribbon seat .
nelson who was the first leader of the opposition got kick out ,
and the other gentle man is no match for Rudd as time will tell.
and we have not got that sort of money to spend on space.
but lets welcome martianman
i can see you need educating CHUKLES
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