The person is Alice Klein.
The rocket is being built.
There is a space called Gilmour space.
The rocket that Gilmour Space will attempt to launch into space is almost finished. Australia will be the first country in the world to have a home-grown spaceship.
Adam Gilmour, who co-founded the company after working in banking for 20 years, says that space technology is one of the keys to society.
The rocket will be 23 metres tall and 30 metres wide. Four hybrid engines will be used to power it.
Each engine could generate 115 kilonewton of thrust, which is enough to pick up three or four SUVs each.
A test launch for Eris is planned for April, and the company expects to be finished building it by March.
A lightweight satellite will be fitted on the rocket and it will attempt to enter Earth's atmosphere.
No first launch vehicle from a new company has ever succeeded in going to space on the first attempt. The second one works so we are building two of them so we can learn from the first one.
Australia will join the US, UK, Russia, China, Japan, South Korea, North Korea, France, Israel, India and Iran in sending a rocket into space if the launch is successful.
The Australian government has contributed a small amount of money to the project.
The rocket engine is being tested.
There is a space called Gilmour space.
Following a successful launch, Gilmour Space plans to build bigger rockets that will be able to carry a larger amount of cargo. For use in mining, agriculture, communications, defence, Earth observation and other areas, this would allow it to launch satellites.
There are a lot of restrictions when using other countries' rockets. He says that if you have an Australian launch vehicle, then you have unfettered access.
Aude Vignelles is the chief technology officer of the Australian Space Agency. She says that Australia is an attractive destination for launch activities due to its geographical advantages.
It will be the first rocket with hybrid engines to do so if it succeeds. The fuels and oxidizers in most rocket engines are either liquid or solid. Several companies are working on hybrid engines that have one component in solid form and the other in liquid form, since they have the potential to be safer, simpler and cheaper.
The space agency wants to build rockets that can carry astronauts.
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