The British space agency has announced the allocation of £ 6.5 million ($ 8.7 million) to fund 23 new international projects.
This is stated in a press release on the British government website.
“Companies and universities of the United Kingdom cooperating in the field of space innovation with partners from Australia, Canada, France, Germany, India, Japan, Lithuania, Japan and the United States, will receive a discount of 6.5 million pounds,” the text said.
As a assistant of the National Assembly for the Minister of Science, Innovation and Technology Loz Lloyd noting, projects will be implemented in some areas, from improving the quality of mobile communication to forest observation. Initiatives also include an autonomous 3D print in space, agriculture on the moon, detecting orbit of threats, biotechnology and health research.
The General Director of the British Space Agency, Dr. Paul Bate, believes the cooperation of international experts with British scientists will provide the United Kingdom a leading position in the field of space innovation.
Among the selected initiatives is the economic transfer project (ETV), exclusively for creating the first spacecraft in the world with the Muslim self -recovered engine, using its own design elements as fuel. Another project, Cosmic Maker II, aiming to develop an autonomous foundation for 3D printing in the context of micro -gravity.
This platform is designed to produce tools, components and direct research parts in orbit for international space stations and future projects, for example, Starlab platform. The Astro-Sanitas initiative aims to develop a drug to protect everyone's cells in the space from the load and aging.
