10 February 2020
ESA's Solar Orbiter probe blasts off to face the Sun
... on Earth, observing it and investigating how it works in detail, but we have also long known it has the potential to disrupt everyday life should we be in the firing line of a powerful solar storm,” says Günther Hasinger, ESA Director of Science...
10 June 2020
Space technology transfer in a post Covid-19 era
... back to their original product Brings learnings back into their core offering De-risking the business from disruption by removing reliance on only a few revenue streams Demonstrating innovation and leadership, boosting company and employer brand...
July 2014
Achilles’ heel
.... A prosperous and thriving space sector is critical to socio-economic development and international security; any significant disruption to satellite services would cause lasting damage. Efforts are under way in a number of areas to mitigate some...
December 2014
A door closes
... of Sevastopol Meanwhile, the US decision to ban exports to Russia of defence and dual-use technologies, including satellites, has disrupted many companies’ launch plans. While most of the cooperation in the Cold War was focused on arms control...
October 2015
From NEOs to real action: testing asteroid impact scenarios
...as a result of the nature of the exercise participants, the focus of both of the exercises was on the deflection and disruption mitigation methods, with a lesser emphasis on effective and robust disaster management arrangements. Sadly the latter didn...
October 2015
Growing space businesses in the UK: from incubation centres to public funding
... a space environment. It can often be difficult to gauge the size of the market and to estimate when a technology is truly disruptive. This makes future Returns on Investment and their Net Present Value difficult to estimate. Funding routes Projects...
