"Horizon has won a technology development grant from the UK Space Agency which has helped to kick off its initial development work."This was in 2016 I think, mentioned further up in this thread? https://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index.php?topic=38987.msg1656997#msg1656997Or is it something new? If new it is good news."Tierney, a British born rocket designer, led the NASA team to replace the aging space shuttle programme in the wake of the Columbia shuttle disaster in 2003"Is this accurate? My understanding was DIRECT was an ad hoc group working voluntarily outside NASA? Or have I got that wrong? It's what was mentioned here:-https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2009/05/direct-rebuttal-nasa-analysis-jupiter-launch-vehicle/"The team claims to be comprised of eight public representatives and 62 NASA and contractor engineers – who work on the project on their own time."
Looks like this is dead now. From what I can see on UK Companies House they have effectively closed down Horizon Space Technologies Limited as of a few days ago, Ross and most of the directors have resigned it seems:-https://beta.companieshouse.gov.uk/company/09331949/filing-historyI am guessing that means they did not get any funding from the UK space launch initiative.
I am guessing that means they did not get any funding from the UK space launch initiative.
Quote from: ringsider on 09/16/2017 07:20 amI am guessing that means they did not get any funding from the UK space launch initiative.The UK Space Agency says "Final announcements about any awards of grant funding are expected later in this financial year." which ends on 5 April 2018. That was on 18 August, only one month ago. It seems unlikely that the awards have been made. The article also says "We will be holding a second LaunchUK event later this year to bring together this community, and discuss our plans going forward in more detail." which I don't think has occurred yet.https://www.gov.uk/government/news/bids-for-government-funding-prove-strong-interest-in-launchuk