Last updated October 3, 2017 at 8:56 am
Live from IAC 2017, Space AF brings you the daily news from the worlds biggest space industry event in the world.
On Day 1, our host Dani Stoneham, is joined by space archaeologist Alice Gorman, weapons engineer Erin Madden, and Nobel Prize laureate Prof Brian Schmidt.
Follow all the IAC 2017 coverage, including news and articles in the lead up to this astronautical event, and daily live videos during the Congress at australiascience.tv/iac-2017.