Gorilla Voice's video: New Zealand s Space Sector Opportunity

There are increasing opportunities in New Zealand but we need to accelerate this. We really need to take hold of the opportunities for New Zealand as a nation with aerospace and get behind it - that's across private investment, Government investment, education - from every perspective Last week I spoke with George Li who is a Chinese Kiwi who - space hadn't come onto his radar while he was in New Zealand. He went off and studied in the US and then he had an opportunity at a US university to get involved in CubeSats [miniaturized satellites for space research] - now he's working for NASA JPL [Jet Propulsion Laboratory]. A young chap making a difference. We need those people to be here in New Zealand and we need to be really waving the flag for space. We need to gear up and be really set 10 - 20 years into the future. We need to make New Zealand a place where these things will happen on an increasing basis where those coming through the education system are geared up and are going to be employed here in New Zealand. -Paul Spain