May 2024
The universe in acrylics - an artist’s passion
..., site. With QinetiQ, I used my creative flair to help describe the heritage of the organisation and I listened to the engineers to tailor my messaging (both written and visual) to aid their conversations and work progress. After QinetiQ, I was...
08 February 2019
New Orbex rocket revealed
... and executive offices. The Orbex venture is expected to create 130 jobs in the Scottish Highlands. “As well as a full engineering prototype of the complete Stage Two, we now have a growing roster of customers hoping to be among the first to launch...
16 November 2018
Black Arrow looks to raise £120,000 with crowdfunding campaign
... Technologies is a start-up space company that is looking to raise £120,000 to help build their proof-of-concept rocket engine. Managing Director, Paul Williams who, with a highly experienced team of space, aerospace and Formula 1 professionals, are...
May 2018
Challenging the boundaries of materials science
... flammability, but it is the particular operational environment that will determine which tests are applicable. Skilled materials engineers and their associates are needed to manage and control such lists. Thermal cover returned from a space...
January 2019
Materials make the space mission
...most demanding and hostile operational environments in which human engineering products are required to function Arrival at the ...and coatings, first noted in the early 1980s when engineers found Space Shuttle thermal blankets had been severely eroded...
February 2020
Climate change and spaceports – a difficult balance
... and accompanying support flights?”. The simple answer is that I believe the positives outweigh the negatives. I left engineering because of the limited options in the county of Cornwall whilst other contemporaries of mine reluctantly left the county...
