March 2021
Data may be the new oil... but its real value is in actionable information
... world for the better. About the author Dr Geoff Smith is a director and consultant at Specto Natura Ltd, a Cambridge, UK-based Earth observation consultancy which advises its clients on the delivery of useful, accurate and reliable environmental...
April 2024
ROOM at the 74th International Astronautical Congress
... 40 years’ experience in satellite communications engineering and consultancy. He is also the author of six books (including The Cambridge Dictionary of Space Technology and Space: The Fragile Frontier), has edited three space industry magazines and...
April 2024
Unlocking the NewSpace economy through space-based solar power
...Catapult. He previously worked with the UK Atomic Energy Authority. He has a PhD in Materials Science, University of Cambridge (UK) and a Masters in Engineering, Materials Engineering, from KU Leuven (Belgium). He is a Chartered Engineer and a Fellow...
April 2024
Rotation in the Universe
... puzzles in cosmology, especially if magnetic fields are wrapped into the story. As The Cosmic Revolutionary’s Handbook [Cambridge University Press, 2019] makes clear, there are a number of cosmological observations which represent tests for any ...
September 2024
Hypersonics and the route to orbit
... to the space industry, space insurance and space education sectors. He is the author of six books, including The Cambridge Dictionary of Space Technology and Space: The Fragile Frontier, has edited three space industry magazines and...
September 2024
Liberating access to space
... UK Space Command and was close to the US Space Force formation. He is a Fellow at Oxford and was educated at Kings, Cambridge; Chennai, Exeter; and Open Universities and has degrees in strategy, international relations and cosmology.
