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50 Years Since Man First Stepped Foot on the Moon: Time for Australia to Step Up to the Next 50
Jul 19, 2019 | 15 min
July 20, 1969, when Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin successfully landed on the moon, Australia’s Parkes Observatory took over from NASA’s Honeysuckle Tracking Station to capture the Moon Landing and broadcasted it to about six hundred million people (1/5th of the world population at that time).
As the world celebrates 50 years since the moon landing, it is befitting to remind ourselves of some of the most important innovations that came from Australia and had a worldwide impact during that time. From health, sustainability, agriculture, travel and technology enablement, here are five major innovations that stand…