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  1. Re:Australian Space Research Institute by femto · · Score: 1 · on It's Official, Australia Needs a Space Agency

    There is a donation form on their website, with details of a bank account into which money can be deposited. Someone needs a paypal (or equivalent) account?

  2. Re:Australian Space Research Institute by MichaelSmith · · Score: 1 · on It's Official, Australia Needs a Space Agency

    The closest Australia has to a Space Agency is the Australian Space Research Institute. It falls into the category of a serious amateur effort, staffed by volunteers and funded by donations. Underfunded Australian research programs tend to hit above their weight with innovative solutions, simply because they don't have the money to pay for a more conventional solution.

    We should chuck them some money for some SpaceX launches.

  3. Australian Space Research Institute by femto · · Score: 3, Interesting · on It's Official, Australia Needs a Space Agency

    The closest Australia has to a Space Agency is the Australian Space Research Institute. It falls into the category of a serious amateur effort, staffed by volunteers and funded by donations. Underfunded Australian research programs tend to hit above their weight with innovative solutions, simply because they don't have the money to pay for a more conventional solution.

  4. Re:Try the Velleman K8000 by ishmaelflood · · Score: 1 · on Building Your Own Glowing Cyber-Balls?
    Man, 150 US for that. The Australian equivalent costs about 30 US. It is a parallel port interface available from Dick Smith Electronics. Reputedly one has been part of the instrument package on Ausroc

    Anyroad up, doesn't anybody remember the first soundcards? Strings of resistors off the parallel port.

  5. Re:background on christmas island by solferino · · Score: 1 · on Australia Develops Space Program With Russia

    got some links now :

    cia world factbook on christmas island

    christmas island tourism authority - has some good pictures and good location map

    cached google story showing maybe some competition from brazil

    austrlain space research institute site currently showing top new story of some sort of formal agreement being jointly signed by russian and australian governments

  6. The Australian Space Program by Migelikor1 · · Score: 2 · on Australia Develops Space Program With Russia

    The australian space program has a web site here that has a blurb about the new contract. Looking through the site's old news and programs, it looks like this new merger with Russia is far from the Australian excursion into space. They've launched several satelites, and done small scale research for quite a while. The new contract will expand their operations significantly however.

  7. Amateurs Force NASA's Hand by Baldrson · · Score: 2 · on NASA Prototype Plane Scheduled To Attempt Mach 5+

    NASA never really does anything unless it is forced to do so in order to avoid embarrassment. In this case, it is most likely the amateur rocketeers at the Australian Space Research Institute Scramjet Project that are forcing NASA to actually do something other than put women, minorities and geriatric white guys on an infrequently flying Shuttle.