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In an era where the boundaries of innovation and exploration are constantly being pushed beyond the imaginable, the upcoming Aero+Space Summit emerges as a pivotal platform to converge minds, technologies, and visions for the future. Dr. Franck Marchis, senior planetary astronomer at the SETI Institute, will be one of the speakers.
#Boeing is investing further in the #Montreal#aerospace hub after winning the award for #Canada’s ASW competition with the P-8A Poseidon over a competing bid from #Bombardier. The company already has a strong regional presence, with over 500 suppliers for various Boeing programs.
Boeing is investing C$240 million in a #partnership with the #Quebec government to create an aerospace innovation zone in #Montreal.
An #aerospace#engineering company called Planesanity has designed a glass pod with a pair of seats inside that can be installed on existing aircraft, giving passengers a 360-degree view during flight. #avgeek
> A Boeing top official told Congress that employees looked extensively for documents on the door plug and it's likely that such paperwork never existed.
American mathematician and aerospace engineer Mary Jackson died #OTD in 2005.
In 1951 she started working at the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA), where she was a member of its West Area Computing unit and Jackson’s supervisor was Dorothy Vaughan. Despite early promotions, she was denied management-level positions, and in 1979 she left engineering and took a demotion to become manager of the women’s program at NASA.
For all the disparagement of the #European way of doing #business (especially from international organisations based in the USA), what we can see in the #aerospace sector is that #Airbus are now the dominant manufacturer.... especially now that #Boeing's longer term problems have been compounded by their #737Max difficulties.
[And before you say, ah yes by Airbus get masses of state aid, so does, albeit in different form, Boeing]
These issues with Boeing planes are becoming the norm. I've had multiple flights delayed or planes swapped due to things found before and after boarding.
“Betavolt #atomic#energy batteries can meet the needs of long-lasting #power supply in multiple scenarios, such as #aerospace, #AI equipment, #medical equipment, #microprocessors, advanced #sensors, small drones and micro-robots,” the firm said in a press release.
So are we! In our latest #EverythingOpen retro post, we bring you the wonderful Sam 'techdragon' Bishop, talking all about #linux in #space and #AeroSpace - with a super interesting deep dive into the regulations which serve to prevent sharing code as #OpenSource.
The UK’s first vertical rockets will launch in 2024 after a spaceport in Scotland’s Shetland Islands received approval from aviation authorities — in a boost to Europe’s rocket and small satellites startups.
The UK’s Civil Aviation Authority has granted SaxaVord Spaceport a licence for up to 30 launches a year, after checking it met the requirements for vertical launches.
The cutting-edge work of Native American aerospace engineer Mary Golda Ross
As Native American Heritage Month comes to a close, for our “Hidden Histories” series, we look at the life and legacy of Mary Golda Ross, the first Native American woman to become an engineer and a pioneering figure of the space age.
The European Space Agency has signed a deal with Airbus and Voyager Space to secure its next home in orbit.
The two companies are currently developing Starlab, a planned replacement for the International Space Station (ISS), set to retire in 2030.
Under the agreement, ESA will assess how the Starlab space station could be used to provide continued access to space for Europe after the retirement of the ISS.
Bulgaria is now the 32nd nation to officially sign on to NASA Artemis Accords.
Agreeing to work in peaceful, open, partnership with NASA and 30 other countries
in all aspects of moon exploration, colonization, and resource mining.
Let us hope many more countries continue to follow.
Canadian government backs 2024 space accelerator in Southern California
Canadian space entrepreneurs seeking to raise $500,000 to $20 million are invited to join the 2024 SoCal-Canadian Space Accelerator.
It is open to Canadian space startups interested in “Earth observation, emissions monitoring, low-earth orbit, small satellites, flight-path optimization, artificial intelligence, deep space, space manufacturing, space mining, astronaut health”.
#introduction! I'm a pro #guitarist with the band Maggie Speaks. Freelance video editor (indie doc Cover 21: Ignite Chicago, on Amazon). Amateur #photographer.
German startup Rocket Factory Augsburg has secured £3.5mn (€4mn) in funding from the UK Space Agency as it prepares for its maiden flight next year from SaxaVord Spaceport in Scotland.
The funding was awarded under the European Space Agency’s Boost! Programme, which aims to help companies develop new launch technologies and bring them to the market.
Around 250 kilometres off the north coast of Scotland, the Shetland isle of Unst undergoing a dramatic renovation.
On a peninsula flanked by giant cliffs and open ocean, builders are constructing a spaceport. They call the project SaxaVord. They say it could host the first-ever vertical rocket launches from Western Europe.