Plus: Leveraging AUKUS and southern geography for strategic resilience
By Dan Robitzski
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One of the main criticisms of the recent push for orbital data centers is that they could prove too costly. But that's a short-sighted view, Brian Monnin, Sophia Space co-founder and chief commercial officer, wrote in an opinion article this week, because the economics of orbital data centers may well follow the same path as the early internet, also disregarded by prominent economic leaders of the time.
"As with the early internet, today’s skeptics may be grossly underestimating ODC potential; one that could fundamentally reshape the economics of operating on orbit, particularly as more data originates off-Earth," Monnin wrote.
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A transmit antenna at Site 1 of the Deep-Space Advanced Radar Capability (DARC) in Western Australia is shown at night. Credit: Doug Humphries, BAE Systems
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Australia's geography, critical mineral supply and existing manufacturing supply chains make it an underutilized hub of southern hemisphere resilience for AUKUS, the trilateral security agreement among the United States, United Kingdom, and Australia, independent strategic analyst Crystal Elle Arena-Turner wrote in a recent opinion article.
Seeing Australia as a vital complement for American launch sites, Arena-Turner called on AUKUS to rapidly establish a working group that would bring together space and military organizations from the three countries to make sure Australian space infrastructure and capability is utilized as effectively as possible.
"Australia’s geography, resources and alliance commitments position it uniquely to become the southern pillar of AUKUS space power," Arena-Turner wrote. "Acting now on commercial-space integration will strengthen deterrence, enhance sovereign capability and future-proof allied operations in an increasingly contested domain."
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