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Newsletter - 2008 no.2
Our newsletter is a half-yearly publication presenting the latest news on commercialisation and spin-offs from space.

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Space tech from Integral improves safety
 
 
Artist's impression of gamma-ray burst
Detecting dirty bombs with ESA gamma-ray technology
 
Company using ESA developed gamma ray detection technology has been awarded potential 222 million US$ contracts with US department of homeland security.
 
   
 
GOCE technology study spin-off finds oil and gas
 
 
Space technology developed for measuring the height of the ocean surface helps to find natural resources on Earth
 
UK based company ARKeX, operating in the geophysical imaging technology area, announced a 30 million dollar fundraising. One of ARKeX’s core technologies is their superconducting gravity gradiometer, which was initially developed by industry as an alternative gravity gradiometry measurement instrument for ESA's Gravity field and steady-state Ocean Circulation Explorer (GOCE) mission.
 
   
 
Technology to monitor astronauts improves ham quality
 
 
Better hams with space technology
 
Space technology is now being used to help Spanish ham experts ensure that hams awarded the highly prized ‘jamon’ label are worthy of the name. Technology used to measure the liquid shift that occurs in an astronaut’s body in microgravity has been developed to measure the water retention in cured hams.
 
   
   
 
Last update: 19 March 2010
 
 


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