Australia’s Queensland Set to Blast Off in Space Race

Australia’s Queensland Set to Blast Off in Space Race
Aerial view of the Gold Coast coastline in Australia on Oct. 22, 2014. Chris Hyde/Getty Images
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The Queensland state government in Australia has launched a space industry growth strategy to create 6,000 new jobs by 2036.

Queensland’s space industry will attempt to boldly go where no Australian state has gone before with the Palaszczuk government planning thousands of new jobs for the sector.