--- title: "Australia Wants to Help NASA Build Space Station Using Robots" description: "The Western Australian government has announced the opening of a brand new national space robotics headquarters to help NASA build the next space station." date: "2020-02-18" modified: "2020-02-18" authors: - name: "Victor Tangermann" job_title: "Senior Editor" link: "https://futurism.com/authors/victor" url: "https://futurism.com/the-byte/australia-nasa-build-robots-space-station" categories: - "NASA" - "Robotics" - "Robots and Machines" - "Space" tags: - "australia" - "space robots" - "space station" - "the digest" --- # Australia Wants to Help NASA Build Space Station Using Robots ![The Western Australian government has announced the opening of a brand new national space robotics headquarters to help NASA build the next space station.]() *\Image: NASA\* ## Aussie Space Robots The Western Australian government has [announced]() the opening of a brand new nationally-funded space robotics center as part of a partnership with NASA, in Perth, Australia. Technology developed there could pave the way for remotely operated robots that are capable of constructing a new space station orbiting the Moon, [according to *WAtoday*](). "Almost everything in the new missions to the Moon and Mars will be operated remotely so launching things into space is just one part of it," Science, Innovation and ICT Minister Dave Kelly told *WA Today*. ## Remote Lunar Operations The local government is hoping the Australian Remote Operations for Space and Earth (AROSE) consortium will inject $200 million into the local economy and create 1500 jobs over the next five years. "What AROSE will do, is take the world-class technology already utilized in Western Australia and adapt it for remote operations on the Moon, Mars and beyond," Kelly [told local news station *7 News*](). "You want to build a new space station orbiting the moon, that’s going to be done remotely, you’re not going to have 100 electricians going up in a spacecraft to the moon and putting all the nuts and bolts together," he added "All that will be done remotely from Earth. That’s what \[Western Australia\] is a world leader in." **READ MORE:** [Robots, not rockets: WA leans on resources tech for slice of space pie]() \[*WA Today*\] **More on space robots:** *[The International Space Station’s Robot Got an Emotional Upgrade]()* ## Author I've been at Futurism since 2017, where my role has evolved to encompass design, writing, and increasingly editing. I've always been fascinated by space exploration and advanced transportation, which I've leaned into by interviewing luminaries in those fields while closely following the dimensions of policy and regulation that allow next-generation projects to succeed -- or, sometimes, to fail. I'm also keenly interested in the effects of generative AI on society, policies, and democratic institutions, as well as clean energy, physics and biology, and the vagaries of tech leadership. My work for Futurism has been cited by publications including Ars Technica, Gizmodo, PC Magazine, Jalopnik, Fox News, and the New York Post. I spent my childhood living in locations including Manila, the Philippines, and Geneva, Switzerland, attended McGill University, and now live in Toronto, Canada. Before Futurism I worked at AskMen and a small photography studio. In my free time, I'm an avid gardener, foodie, and craft beer lover, as well as a maker of artisanal hot pepper sauces. I have a magnificent dog named Freida. ### Author social links [Bluesky]()