The 2024 edition of the NewSpace Economy Congress is well underway at Casa Llotja de Mar, a gothic style centre of business built in the 14th century. The juxtaposition of ancient arches and new arcs is familiar at many important…
I am pleased to have a good reason to return to the far north of Europe! Over 20 years ago I led a team at Newcastle University developing the onboard data handling system for a pan-European student designed and built…
After a longer-than-lockdown hiatus from expos, meetings, events, I returned to SpaceComm Expo this week wearing my Goonhilly Earth Station hat. And wow the sector has changed: people are younger, there are twice as many of them, about 20% more…
Ed is leading a workshop for the Humanities department at the International Space University this summer, at the Space Studies Programme hosted by Cork Institute of Technology. LEGO® SERIOUS PLAY® is an innovative, experiential process, powerful tool designed to enhance…
This is reposted from LinkedIn, and is honestly not a rant. It’s not been easy not commenting about the Exomars precursor EDM mission, Schiaparelli. Especially when many diverse media reports claimed it would have been the first successful European landing…
…related ideas, projects, and approaches. This is an invited talk at Downstream@DOCK – Leicester’s space sector business incubator programme co-funded by the UK Space Agency. Ed will be talking through the wide range of ‘exploratory’ (polite word for ‘perhaps crazy’)…