Fantastic talk by Martin Barstow yesterday on Gaia: 10 years of mapping the Milky Way at Space Park Leicester. Earlier this year we published our interim impact evaluation of Gaia. There can be little doubt that the mission is already a scientific success story, with the impact set to grow for years and decades to come. Our report shows how UK funding has helped enable the data that comes out to be high quality and well understood, and highlights the impact that this funding has had to date in terms of enhancing UK competitiveness and reputation, developing skills, inspiring the next generation, and driving innovation – with knowledge spillover applications in cancer tumour mapping and beyond. 📡📡 See here for our report: https://lnkd.in/ehnGGFGQ 📡📡 We look forward to years of amazing discoveries still to come by the Gaia mission! #gaia #spacescience #spaceeconomics
