April 2024
Commercial launch development in Spain
... of launching Europe’s first recoverable launch vehicle. Raúl Verdú, Chief Business Development Officer for PLD Space, spoke to Daniel Smith for ROOM. Raul Verdu Congratulations on the launch in October [2023]. What did this milestone mean...
April 2019
Building the UK’s first spaceport
... a BSc in mathematics, with a final year dissertation analysing how black holes affect the curvature of spacetime nearby. Daniel then graduated from Cranfield University with a Master of Science degree in Astronautics & Space Engineering, where his...
November 2016
Hi-tech greenhouse to test plant cultivation technologies in Antarctica
... ISS winter-over crew member, Research Associate and PhD candidate at the German Aerospace Center (DLR). Daniel Schubert is EDEN ISS project manager and Group Leader at the German Aerospace Center (DLR). Dr Matthew Bamsey...
October 2019
Skyrora – building on British space heritage
..., and as motivation to press on with its vision for the new commercial Space Race. About the author Daniel Smith attended law school in Edinburgh and spent over a decade building his reputation as a business development leader...
October 2021
Technology transfer and the ‘local’ space market
... of the American Astronautical Society and chair of the Greater Houston Partnership’s Aerospace and Aviation industry committee. Daniel Smith is the founder of strategic marketing firm AstroAgency and co-chair of the Scottish Space Leadership Council...
June 2022
Military space – how worried should we be?
... engaging recent title, Militarizing Outer Space: Astroculture, Dystopia and the Cold War, edited by Alexander CT Geppert, Daniel Brandau & Tilmann Siebeneichner. The boys-with-their-toys atmosphere had sufficient public resonance to inspire and...