July 2014
A revitalised space sector reduces costs and makes space data more accessible
... the infrastructure. For this reason, global satellite navigation constellations like Europe’s Galileo or the next generation GPS constellation in the US are being built with public funds, with no direct connection to the businesses that will...
March 2015
Supplanting the state: rewards and risks
... announced they are developing self-driving cars. These vehicles will rely heavily on the same interactive GPS and mapping technology available in cars and smartphones today, which depend on satellite networks for their data...
June 2015
Promoting growth at geostationary orbit with a one-stop-shop
... always to develop a sub-1000 kilo platform. This work led to winning a role in building Galileo, the European GPS system. The Eutelsat Quantum geostationary spacecraft. At the conclusion of the work on Galileo, we came back to developing the...
June 2015
The new space ethics: COSPAR, Planetary Protection and beyond
..., such as the development of sophisticated yet reliable communications networks, meteorological satellites and navigational aids such as GPS. The extension of this is that space exploration will continue to bring benefits to humanity, possibly in the...
June 2015
Preventing pilot spatial disorientation
... display for $100 with off the shelf parts, over one weekend. Just like the portable GPS units you see in older General Aviation aircraft, I am building a secondary display “for informational purposes and planning...
October 2015
Growing space businesses in the UK: from incubation centres to public funding
... spacecraft: the services enabled by the use of the spacecraft (the user applications; the disaster monitoring; the GPS/GNSS services, etc.) 7 Reference to the presence of ESA Incubators elsewhere in Europe - http://www.esa.int/Our_Activities...
