Aiming for the stars: how New Zealand's space industry is causing turbulence
by Eleanor Ainge Roy in Dunedin from Science | The Guardian on (#4YC99)
The once-sleepy Mahia peninsula is now the site of regular rocket launches but a plan to put US spy satellites into space is causing concern
Life on the Mahia peninsula on New Zealand's North Island used to be quiet: surfing beaches, historical monuments, and good snapper fishing.
Then space came to town.
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