Four Corners The New Space Age (Season 60, Episode 30)
TV Episode | Documentary, News

Four Corners

The New Space Age (Season 60, Episode 30)

TV Episode | Documentary, News

The race to colonise outer space. We examine extraordinary opportunities and challenges of new space age as billionaire entrepreneurs make travel beyond our own planet possible, while nation states stake their claims.

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Updated Dec 31, 2020

Release date

2020 (Australia)

Awards

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17 wins & 9 nominations

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16 cast members

Name	Known for
Michael Brissenden Self - Reporter Self - Reporter See fewer	Foreign Correspondent (1992)
Karen Andrews Self - Minister for Industry, Science & Technology Self - Minister for Industry, Science & Technology See fewer	TCN Channel 9 News (1957)
Jeff Bezos Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Star Trek Beyond (2016)
Russell Boyce Self - Director, UNSW Canberra Space Program (as Professor Russell Boyce) Self - Director, UNSW Canberra Space Program (as Professor Russell Boyce) See fewer	Four Corners (1961)
Richard Branson Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Superman Returns (2006)
Malcolm Davis Self - Space Analyst, Australian Strategic Policy Institute (as Dr Malcolm Davis) Self - Space Analyst, Australian Strategic Policy Institute (as Dr Malcolm Davis) See fewer	Weekend Breakfast (2012)
Steven Freeland Self - International Law, Western Sydney University (as Professor Steven Freeland) Self - International Law, Western Sydney University (as Professor Steven Freeland) See fewer	Four Corners (1961)
Adam Gilmour Self - Gilmour Space Technologies Self - Gilmour Space Technologies See fewer	Four Corners (1961)
Jonathan McDowell Self - Astrophysicist, Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics (as Dr Jonathan McDowell) Self - Astrophysicist, Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics (as Dr Jonathan McDowell) See fewer	Shifting Baselines (2025)
Pamela Ann Melroy Self - Fmr NASA Astronaut & Space Shuttle Commander (RTD) (as Colonel Pamela Melroy) Self - Fmr NASA Astronaut & Space Shuttle Commander (RTD) (as Colonel Pamela Melroy) See fewer	Astronaut Pam: Countdown to Commander (2009)
Anna Moore Self - Director, ANU Institute for Space (as Professor Anna Moore) Self - Director, ANU Institute for Space (as Professor Anna Moore) See fewer	Four Corners (1961)
Scott Morrison Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Telethon (1968)
Elon Musk Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Machete Kills (2013)
Sarah Pearce Self - Deputy Director, CSIRO Astronomy & Space Sciences (as Dr Sarah Pearce) Self - Deputy Director, CSIRO Astronomy & Space Sciences (as Dr Sarah Pearce) See fewer	Four Corners (1961)
Donald Trump Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	The Apprentice (2004)
Brad Tucker Self - Astrophysicist, ANU (as Dr Brad Tucker) Self - Astrophysicist, ANU (as Dr Brad Tucker) See fewer	Close Encounters Down Under (2023)