Description
The UK Space Agency is seeking to increase the frequency and diversity of opportunities for UK R&D teams in academia and industry to work on innovative instrumentation and software for international space science and exploration missions, spanning areas such as solar physics, fundamental physics, astrophysics and planetary science. Contributions to traditional large scale science missions may be complemented by smaller, faster, and relatively low-cost contributions which are nevertheless highly innovative. The Agency has adopted a number of approaches to support the UK community in this way: a number of technology development programmes to innovate and raise TRLs; the proposed new ‘mini F’ mission class in ESA‘s Science Programme; bilateral (or multi-lateral) opportunities with other space agencies around the world, funded through the UK Space Agency’s Science &Exploration Bilateral Programme and the International Bilateral Fund. This talk will cover the different approaches and how to engage with the existing programmes, along with an overview of the Agency's strategic plans for Space Science and Exploration in the future.
