Space

Research Community invited to contribute to important “Why Space” Position Paper

Royce Technology Platform Lead, Dr Marcos Domingos, is working with STFC-UKRI and other colleagues on contributions to a Satellite Applications Catapult Position Paper ‘Why Space? The opportunity for Materials Science and Innovation’.

The Satellite Applications Catapult is looking for potential authored contributions to the call (~500 words) from those involved in materials research, development and implementation, on the potential opportunity provided by the space environment/exploration.

The output will be a cohesive case that can both educate funders as to the comprehensive opportunity for discovery and applied level research through involvement with space, as well as support the exploration by leaders from industry, to better understand the possibilities for new innovation pipelines and underlying considerations.

You do not need to be part of the space sector to contribute, the focus is understanding the opportunity from the materials community as a whole. Speculative contributions from experts across the community are welcome, as this will help inform topical areas and direction Those who are already working on space-related projects are also welcome to contribute and we will harness these to showcase existing space-related activity in the paper.

SA Catapult is welcoming contributions to the paper from now until 30 April 2023.

You can request the template for submission here:

https://sa.catapult.org.uk/why-space-the-opportunity-for-material-science-and-innovation/