July 2014
Space technology transfer portals and the chance progress of innovation
...Formula 1 because it leads to safer and more efficient road cars. Nonetheless, space is a potent resource for technology innovation, so it would be foolhardy not to make every possible use of the opportunities it provides. The knowledge that has been...
October 2015
Growing space businesses in the UK: from incubation centres to public funding
... a significant increase in highly-skilled jobs seemed like an ideal opportunity4. The resulting reports from the various Innovation and Growth teams, looking at various facets of the industry, provided a very positive outlook. The intervening years...
September 2016
Preparing the future: the right technology at the right time
... technologies become available at the point when upcoming ESA and European missions needs them - one definition of innovation being ‘the right technology at the right time’. As well as enabling new varieties of missions, technology development also...
November 2016
Turning the Solar System into our backyard
... a renaissance. Operating in a predominantly low volume, high-value market, the sector’s aptitude for disruptive, game-changing innovation has been mostly lacklustre since the Apollo era. However, new methodologies such as ‘agile aerospace’ are...
September 2016
Small launcher market survey
... up space for more users. Creating such an environment will open the proverbial floodgates for space technological innovation and affordable modernisation of aging space architectures. Daniel Lim is President and CEO of Xtenti, LLC, a new solutions...
October 2016
Project MOONWALK
...based on the ASGUARD rover, both designed by DFKI Robotics Innovation Center in Bremen, Germany. YEMO can be equipped with...dissemination. Dr Peter Weiss is the Head of the Space and Innovations Department at COMEX. He has 15 years of experience in the...
