12/05/2021 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 12/04/2021 17:27
Rebecca Evernden, Director of the Space Directorate in government, who was responsible for the recent UK National Space Strategy, talked about the importance of sustainability in space. This includes both earth observation to monitor the impacts of climate change, as well as the sustainability of space itself in terms of security and debris.
Emily Gravestock, Head of Applications Strategy at UK Space Agency was inspirational about how the industry is encouraging space skills for young people and pointed out there are currently 46,500 people in the UK space industry, with a growing proportion of women. She's also confident that the UK will play an important role in NASA's next Moon mission, given all the space technology that comes from this country.
If you watch it, I hope you'll agree it shows that space presents some exciting opportunities for both BAE Systems and the UK as a whole.