Chris Lee
@cpl43uk.bsky.social
AstroSpace Advisor, Former Chief Scientist UK Space Agency, Visiting Prof (Uni of Leicester), #BristolAstroSoc, #Astro, #Space #Astrophotographer, #Park-run #ProgRock, #Sci-Fi, (he/him)
It is. Any regulator that approves the constellation should be ashamed unless they get assurances that verified efforts will be taken by the company to minimise environmental (night sky) impact.
November 25, 2025 at 1:30 PM
It is. Any regulator that approves the constellation should be ashamed unless they get assurances that verified efforts will be taken by the company to minimise environmental (night sky) impact.
Sadly the focus will be on geopolitics. Some industries would love the “European boots on the Moon, launched by European rockets” as it would be the gift that keeps on giving. The rest of Space will suffer in direct proportion. Better to establish a unique European narrative around robotics imho.
November 25, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Sadly the focus will be on geopolitics. Some industries would love the “European boots on the Moon, launched by European rockets” as it would be the gift that keeps on giving. The rest of Space will suffer in direct proportion. Better to establish a unique European narrative around robotics imho.
Hey Julian! Here’s another. If the Sun-Earth distance was an inch then a light year is about a mile away. So think about the inch vs our nearest star at 4.5 miles or our nearest significant galaxy at way past the distance to the moon at 2.5 million miles… space really IS big!! #astronomy #space
November 15, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Hey Julian! Here’s another. If the Sun-Earth distance was an inch then a light year is about a mile away. So think about the inch vs our nearest star at 4.5 miles or our nearest significant galaxy at way past the distance to the moon at 2.5 million miles… space really IS big!! #astronomy #space
I am reading my mother’s diaries across 1973-1980. There is simply no way life was better. It was simpler, more insular but a hard grind bringing up kids if you were working class. Definitely not good news if you were female. However families mattered more because they were local.
November 15, 2025 at 3:05 PM
I am reading my mother’s diaries across 1973-1980. There is simply no way life was better. It was simpler, more insular but a hard grind bringing up kids if you were working class. Definitely not good news if you were female. However families mattered more because they were local.
BBC wants to correct its hyperbole calling this a “historic launch”. Maybe the first return for New Glenn but that’s a company achievement not Humanity…
November 14, 2025 at 1:42 PM
BBC wants to correct its hyperbole calling this a “historic launch”. Maybe the first return for New Glenn but that’s a company achievement not Humanity…
They’ll find a global society that asks tougher questions about why this matters vs SOO many other concerns- or at least they should do. Americans might just complain about China being next door…
November 12, 2025 at 2:04 PM
They’ll find a global society that asks tougher questions about why this matters vs SOO many other concerns- or at least they should do. Americans might just complain about China being next door…
Expect cloud and rain then!
November 12, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Expect cloud and rain then!
But the trouble is, “Labour” were not voted in at the last election. It was “not the Tories in my area”. Unless Labour MPs recognise that many did not care about the manifesto then they’ll find out next time when it counts. Centre ground won the day.
November 12, 2025 at 2:00 PM
But the trouble is, “Labour” were not voted in at the last election. It was “not the Tories in my area”. Unless Labour MPs recognise that many did not care about the manifesto then they’ll find out next time when it counts. Centre ground won the day.
If Trump doesn’t like it then that’s a good case for it’s suitability…
November 11, 2025 at 3:27 PM
If Trump doesn’t like it then that’s a good case for it’s suitability…
Hopefully blocked if the constellation is really as bright as mag 1 or 2…
November 10, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Hopefully blocked if the constellation is really as bright as mag 1 or 2…
I saw AST announcement with Vodafone which indicated Germany was licensing them.
November 8, 2025 at 3:33 PM
I saw AST announcement with Vodafone which indicated Germany was licensing them.
How do you win against someone happy to lose lots of money to become the only one left in the game? Seriously? China is the only alternative…
November 8, 2025 at 1:55 AM
How do you win against someone happy to lose lots of money to become the only one left in the game? Seriously? China is the only alternative…
It didn’t explode and its not Elon so hardly newsworthy it seems…
November 8, 2025 at 1:52 AM
It didn’t explode and its not Elon so hardly newsworthy it seems…
And yet Germany will licence #astmobile which will be disastrous for light pollution?
November 8, 2025 at 1:51 AM
And yet Germany will licence #astmobile which will be disastrous for light pollution?
Certainly we should not export our national tribalism into the wider universe!
November 3, 2025 at 9:57 AM
Certainly we should not export our national tribalism into the wider universe!
Nice presentation 👏👏👏
November 3, 2025 at 9:55 AM
Nice presentation 👏👏👏
Tech engineers in an Agency desperate to help industry develop solutions for problems that don’t yet exist. I’d prefer a bit more humility around defining credible market needs first. Otherwise it will be government on the hook (again).
November 1, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Tech engineers in an Agency desperate to help industry develop solutions for problems that don’t yet exist. I’d prefer a bit more humility around defining credible market needs first. Otherwise it will be government on the hook (again).
Weather is naturally rotten as forecast 🤷🏻♂️🤦🏻♂️
October 30, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Weather is naturally rotten as forecast 🤷🏻♂️🤦🏻♂️