Make History Speaker Series: Writing History in the Stars

Writing history in the stars

Make History Speaker Series

Join us to hear from our brightest stars as they discuss how space science and satellite imagery are addressing humanity鈥檚 greatest challenges!

Space is the final frontier鈥攁nd space science one of the most thrilling areas of research and discovery. There鈥檚 something infinitely exciting about understanding the depths of our solar system and the universe鈥檚 most distant galaxies.

The University of 亚洲色吧 is a global leader in so many off-world areas鈥攆rom space agriculture to base-building on the Moon and Mars. Closer to home, we have extra-terrestrial objects orbiting us every day and impacting the way we operate as a society.

Satellites are rarely discussed in the battle against climate change, with the media instead focusing on decarbonisation and electric cars. There鈥檚 also a lack of appreciation for satellites as disaster response tools or a means for measuring resources.

The scope and severity of a flood, tsunami, or wildfire can now be determined with a few snaps of a satellite camera鈥攁nd, in many places, hydrologists are using sky-based scanners to assess water supplies.