National Space Program

National Space Program
Program overview
Country	Australia
Organization	Australian Space Office; Australian Space Board (1986–1994); Australian Space Council (1994–1996); Remote Sensing Board (1995–1996); CSIRO;
Purpose	Develop a national space industry in Australia
Status	Abolished
Program history
Cost	A$106 million
Duration	1986–1996
First flight	STS-42 (On board a flight launched under NASA's Space Shuttle program); January 22, 1992;
Last flight	STS-42; January 22, 1992;
Successes	1
Failures	0
Partial failures	1 (STS-42)
Launch site(s)	Cape York spaceport (Proposed); Woomera spaceport (Proposed);

The National Space Program was a set of policies and organisations under the Hawke and Keating governments created with the goals of developing a national space industry in Australia. When the Howard government came to power in 1996 the program was abolished following the advice of the Bureau of Industry Economics. The National Space Program was generally considered a failure by most media after its demise. During its existence it was crippled by a lack of budget, and multiple white elephant projects.

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