... organisations such as the European Space Agency (ESA) and the UK Space Agency (UKSA) together in order to spearhead innovation. Meteosat Third Generation black body satellite hardware with STFC’s 5 m test chamber in the background. What is available...
...Rotovnik says that with the support of ESA, innovative companies can develop breakthrough technologies which do not yet... force, slowly revolutionising the field with its commitment to innovation and a shared vision of pushing the limits - and...
... Australia could maximise local industry participation. The Department of Defence could partner with the Department of Industry, Innovation and Science to facilitate this. For a relatively small public investment in a project in which the costs would...
... can also directly affect the ability to access capital. Early-stage seed funding programmes often require innovators to de-risk their technology proposals by fleshing out their commercialisation strategies up front. The applicants that identify and...
... and substantial economic expansion (1870 –1970), growth stopped. Gordon’s research shows that the focus of technological innovation since then changed to areas such as communications and entertainment, which have failed to drive the economy. Whereas...
... of plasma thruster) and the complete propulsion system itself. This has been achieved thanks to two important innovations: the use of solid iodine propellant, and a novel radio-frequency (RF) electric field technique to extract and accelerate...