SPAN Space and Society Lead and Deputy Voting

Please find the manifestos for the Lead and Deputy roles for the SPAN Space and Society Working Group.

Once you have read the manifestos, please go to the link to cast one vote for Lead and one vote for Deputy. 

If at the end of the first round we don’t get majority for a single candidate, we will vote again in another round

Voting for the first round is open until Monday 9th December at 5pm. 

06 December 2024

Exploring the Universe: UK’s Role in NASA’s Habitable Worlds Observatory

The SPAN team attended the Habitable Worlds Observatory (HWO) – UK Community Workshop at The Open University, led by Martin Barstow and Jesper Skottfelt. The Habitable Worlds Observatory (HWO) is NASA’s next flagship space astronomy mission, building on the legacy of Hubble, Webb, and Roman, to search for Earth-like planets and potential signs of life. […]

07 October 2024

SPAN Whitepaper: Academic View on the Future of Space Policy and Funding

The Whitepaper, now available from SPAN, covers and I hope reflects academic views on funding gap implications, membership of ESA, need for a strong national and bilateral programmes along with comments on links to industry and some general points.

01 October 2024

Space Science in Context Conference

Space Science in Context (17–18 October, 2024) is returning for its third year! SSiC is a FREE, cross-disciplinary conference on outer space and society...