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Space technology has become a part of everyday life, and Scotland has a growing role in small satellite development, as well as new planned spaceports. Where will the first rockets be launched: in Sutherland or Shetland, or elsewhere? Will the focus always be on satellites or could a time come when humans could travel as well? Dr Matjaž Vidmar of the University of Edinburgh’s Space Innovation Hub describes the various plans and the global context of Scottish space development.
ed.ac.uk/bayes/about-us/research/space-and-satellites
oisf.org/fest-event/scotland-into-space
Space technology has become a part of everyday life, and Scotland has a growing role in small satellite development, as well as new planned spaceports. Where will the first rockets be launched: in Sutherland or Shetland, or elsewhere? Will the focus always be on satellites or could a time come when humans could travel as well? Dr Matjaž Vidmar of the University of Edinburgh’s Space Innovation Hub describes the various plans and the global context of Scottish space development.
ed.ac.uk/bayes/about-us/research/space-and-satellites
oisf.org/fest-event/scotland-into-space
