With the return to power of the #Trump Administration, what are the opportunities for Australian and US space cooperation? 

I make the case in the @ASPI_org Strategist that Australia should expand its role in space alongside the US, both in terms of building a more sustainable commercial space sector, and adopting a more ambitious approach in defence space cooperation. 

Specifically, there needs to be a national space strategy that addresses a 'whole of nation' approach to space, and which promotes the interests of the Australian commercial space sector to support @DefenceAust's future space roles. 

These should include developing cooperation towards credible 'space control' capabilities to defend friendly satellites against hostile counterspace threats, and also ensuring responsive space access through supporting sovereign space launch from Australia. 

The time for a more ambitious national approach to space is now, especially given the likely higher priority on space in the United States under @realDonaldTrump 

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