https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-01-10/equatorial-launch-australia-dismisses-expansion-fears/103306204This is right up there with the stories of people leaving Broome, WA post September 11 2001 as they were convinced it was a target for bin Laden.
.........The buildings incorporate substantive insulation and HVAC climate control for the harsh NT environment. Similarly, the building is fully cyclone rated and environmentally friendly..........
Purdy!! Although I do wonder:1. How they plan to build them at a site where most everything has to come in by barge and/or unmade roads
2. How those gutters will stand up to a tropical downpour, and
3. What they'll look like after a year or three in the tropics with little or no exterior maintenance.
Quote from: CameronD on 01/25/2024 03:20 amPurdy!! Although I do wonder:1. How they plan to build them at a site where most everything has to come in by barge and/or unmade roadsConsidering they already have significant infrastructure on site this hardly seems to be an issue.
Quote from: plugger.lockett on 02/02/2024 01:37 amConsidering they already have significant infrastructure on site this hardly seems to be an issue.Really?!? I must have missed it in the tall grass.
Considering they already have significant infrastructure on site this hardly seems to be an issue.
FWIW, that pic was taken at Avalon Airshow in March last year. Here's one of my own from the same location.
It has been a while since we heard much from these guys. To catch up, I notice there's a few job postings on their web site for their office in North Terrace, Adelaide (interesting that Adelaide seems to be the place to be for Newspace startups here).
The SA government is very pro space...