We were fortunate to secure funding for our RTB project through SCIMIA, this is and was a fantastic opportunity for our company. The SCIMIA has allowed us to partner with Staffordshire University on this amazing project, having Dr Alison Griffiths and Mark Ecclestone Innovation and Enterprise Fellow for Staffordshire university providing technical expertise, advice and many years of experience has been truly invaluable. We will not forget to thank our students who have worked on the project and the contributions that they have made and special thanks for Ashwanth Vivakanantha who has really pr ..read more

Last week we were on the road, visiting the Daresbury laboratory, enjoying the North West Space Cluster and lunch. There were some fantastic individuals representing their business’s, Ray Stott co-founder of Space Specialists who provide specialised services such as recruitment, training, events and consultancy within the space sector. George Titley from Light Coatings Ltd, who are performing some interesting research work, consultancy and coating services not to forget consultancy work. Stuart Cordingley who is a R&D tax relief specialist and provides consultancy and many other individual ..read more

We spent a fantastic Wednesday in London at the BEIS conference center, a brilliant workshop hosted by the ESA, Stephen Airey and Gertrude Talvik, were absolutely brilliant, there was a lot to take away from the workshop. We are very much looking forward to the opportunities the ESA present and being able to partner/collaborate/work with them in the future. The benefits for a partnership/collaboration/working with the ESA are numerous ..read more

Some of the team speant a fantastic day at the Space to Connect 2022 event yesterday in London, meeting fantastic people with amazing vision. The day was broken into segments with the option of asking the various panels questions, some fantastic speakers and sessions we particulary enjoyed ‘Growing a Space Business’ chaired by Chris Hall, Dr Alice Bunns keynote speech to name a few. The day session re-affirmed certain points on the direction of the UK space sector, the goals and asipirations of our company and the fantastic opportunities that are available now and in the future. That the space ..read more

‘Considering off-world living, from romantic notion to harsh reality, by Prof Andrew Edkins‘ A fantastic evening listening to Professor Andrew Edkins from University College London, very kindly was a speaker at another brilliant evening event held by the British Interplanetary Society, being able to interact and ask questions from such a knowledgeable speaker is just priceless. The topics covered not just the technical requirements for living off world, what steps are needed to be taken next, what are the social requirements and much more. Another excellent evening and if you would like to joi ..read more

Future Aerospace Engineering had the pleasure of attending the Space-Comm Expo in Farnborough, on the 7-8th of September at the Farnborough Internation Centre. We had an excellent time, watching some of the keynote speakers, there was plenty going on with stands for different organisations and lots of really interesting people with a massive depth of knowledge. I have to admit we are very much looking forward to catching up with some of the contacts we have made at Space-Comm Expo, all offering fantastic insights into their products and services and with a wealth of knowledge ..read more

Fantastic presentation by Dr Thomas Matula on producing food in space, really interesting and concise, covering so many different factors, like the effect of micro gravity/no gravity on producing food, what crops will be available and quantities, water requirements for crops, costs of producing food in space and not having to supply food from earth. If you want to watch this brilliant talk, I have included the link below ..read more