Are careers in space being overlooked?
Stephen Hawking says that sooner or later the human race must spread into space. This has led Independent journalist Laura Smith to consider the UK space industry's role in the impending space race.
James Penson, a spacecraft systems engineer at Surrey Satellite Technology was interviewed for the piece. He studied physics and then spacecraft systems engineering before joining the company three years ago as a graduate and now he helps design earth observation satellites for monitoring natural disasters and land planning, such as those found in the Disaster Monitoring Constellation. He finds the job "fascinating" and "pretty cool".
This interesting article Out of this world: Get a headstart in the space race considers the UK government's role in space programs such as Exomars (ESA's mission to Mars) and the role of technological innovators such as EADS Astrium and SSTL developing highly sophisticated world-leading technologies for overseas customers that may not make the headlines in the UK.
SSTL have recently recruited more than 30 new staff to support its growing small satellite manufacturing, subsystems and consultancy business.
