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At Future Aerospace Engineering Ltd, we believe that the technologies which sustain life beyond Earth can also help heal and strengthen life on Earth. Our Farming Beyond Earth initiative explores how lessons from space agriculture, closed-loop systems, hydroponic growth, AI crop monitoring, and nutrient recycling, can create more resilient, sustainable food systems in every environment,…
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This past week has been one of the most exciting and energising for Future Aerospace Engineering Ltd, a true reflection of how far we’ve come and where we’re heading next. At the British Interplanetary Society’s event, we presented “Reframing Planetary Sustainability: Submarine-Inspired Habitats, Terraforming Platform Concepts, and Interplanetary Trade Infrastructure on Venus.”The discussion was lively…
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I have had a fantastic day at the British Interplanetary Society’s – Re-Inventing Space 2024 ‘Beyond the Moon Symposium’ where they have had lots of interesting speakers, it has been a honour to be able to present my paper on what I believe to be the hardest and most important challenge, which is achieving self…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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.…
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‘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…
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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,…
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