June 2018
Striding through space
... assessing economic benefits, and documenting the history of space exploration. Formerly chief economist of the Highlands & Islands of Scotland, he has also evaluated technology projects for the UK government. His book the Haynes Astronaut Manual was...
November 2018
Connecting and collaborating for innovation
... in collaboration with the Scottish Government’s economic and community development agency for the north and west of Scotland, Highlands and Islands Enterprise, and local National Health Service organisations. In remote areas patients and healthcare...
September 2019
A new era in planetary defence missions
... Sean Blair is a journalist and editor for the European Space Agency website. He studied at the University of St Andrews, Scotland, University of California Santa Barbara and the University of Wales at Cardiff. Sean has covered ESA missions including...
February 2020
Opportunity knocks for UK space industry
... which will be critical in the future. I also hope we move forward quickly on a vertical launch solution in the north of Scotland as has been proposed, which will certainly require some element of government support in the early years. What...
April 2020
Spaceport Cornwall – from protests to sustainability
... money on aerospace were critiqued. Similar protests have been happening at the proposed vertical launch site in northern Scotland and have continued at most public events since the vote. While increasing public awareness of the importance...
March 2021
Campuses, clusters and a leading force in UK space
... radiation background projects, with fully supported experimental areas operated at clean room standards. Further north in Scotland at the UK Astronomy Technology Centre in Edinburgh, STFC scientists and researchers design, build, develop, test and...
