> The entire UK space industry has been a downer for the last 50 years True for launches but we have a lot of innovation in satellite design and manufacture. E

> The entire UK space industry has been a downer for the last 50 years True for launches but we have a lot of innovation in satellite design and manufacture. E.g. ion drives used in Earth orbit and for planetary missions [0] and [1] [0] https://www.qinetiq.com/en/blogs/postcards-from-space-ion-thrusters https://www.qinetiq.com/en/blogs/postcards-from-space-ion-th... [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surrey_Satellite_Technology#Satellites https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surrey_Satellite_Technology#Sa...