For Australia to take the next steps within the space industry, it must first form a core policy and develop a whole-of-government strategy. In this week's episode of Space Connect Podcast, hosts Bella Richards and Liam Garman chat to Tristan Moss, a historian studying Australia’s space industry, about a paper he recently published on what improvements are needed to further the nation's sovereign capability. He walks Bella and Liam through the history of the industry, what needs to change and how the lack of a core space policy leaves Australia with a disjointed industry, and furthermore, a lack of direction.