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When the launch site is hit by the next earthquake or the ground level of the pad is tilted only slightly due to one, two or three in a row, making calculations invalid or even the rocket explode at launch ... ?
Space is sexy. But I assume engineers in Oz put their ingenuity to good use in the most dominant industry for example to lessen it's bad direct and indirect effect on environment and climate change: mining. Unsexy, but to the very practical benefit of mankind, indeed.
What industry has NZ got where local engineers organically find their field and can drive inventions? Cattle, sheep and [Kiwi] orchards. Developing genius pasture monitoring systems are actually "a thing" in NZ that I know does exist. Also to the benefit of mankind. Especially with extreme local weather conditions on the rise like the draught in Ireland and other pasture-driven economies in Europe this spring/summer.
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