Students developing space-age ideas for a more sustainable planet

By Jim Plouffe
Published September 13, 2019

Australia’s leading space industry-research collaboration has developed a high school STEM program that addresses the United Nation’s Sustainable Development Goals.

Hamilton Secondary College's space centre is based on the Mars experience at Melbourne's Victorian Space and Science Education Centre ...

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Students developing space-age ideas for a more sustainable planet

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