August 2020
Interstellar aspirations
... nature of life in the Universe. When the Breakthrough Initiatives were announced to the public at the Royal Society in London on 20 July 2015, the 46th anniversary of the 1969 Apollo Moon landing, Russian entrepreneur, venture capitalist and...
October 2020
Space 2069 - back to the Moon, to Mars and beyond
... in astrophysics from the world-famous Jodrell Bank radio observatory. He later carried out research at University College London’s Mullard Space Science Laboratory. Already a regular science writer and commentator in the UK media he became the BBC...
January 2021
Safeguarding space - lessons from decommissioning in the energy industry
... Astroscale, where she is working to develop commercial solutions to the threat of space debris. She is a co-founder of the London Space Network and co-chair of the Space Generation Advisory Council (SGAC), a global non-profit that supports ...
February 2021
Cyber and Space – the role of the cyber-range
... the Spaceport 1 Consortium, developing a vertical launch capability in the Outer Hebrides, and is also a faculty member of the London Institute of Space Policy & Law. He previously served in the Royal Air Force, where he was an operational pilot and...
February 2021
Space archaeology - preserving our orbital heritage
...famous pillars. About the author Charles Simpson is a PhD researcher in Aerospace Engineering at Kingston University, London, focusing on supersonic parachute systems for planetary landers. He is also founder of Alternum, a NewSpace company providing...
March 2021
Eyes on the prize
... an MPhys and PhD from Oxford University and an MBA focussed on Innovation and Entrepreneurship from Imperial College London. Olivier Usher leads Nesta Challenges’ research team, helping to identify areas for innovation and selecting the...
