The Urgent Need for a Talent Renaissance in the New Space Age

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2025-09-17T14:06:28.166+02:00 03 October 2022
In the New Space Age, the space sector is facing a myriad of digital skills challenges. With World Space Week bringing this topic to the top of the space agenda, what can be done to encourage new talent into the sector?
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The UK space industry currently employs around 47,000 people. The superstars of our industry are the astronauts, but the space sector needs people with the digital skills to keep systems online and secure.
 
There is a much wider industry of satellites, ground support and applications derived from space data. In the UK we have a shortfall of thousands of engineers, so attracting and training more is vitally important and requires urgent attention.
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