$1T is leaving Britain because of Brexit

Re:$1T is leaving Britain because of Brexit by NicoJuicy on Monday January 07, 2019 @01:24PM (#18848220)

Realism:

It's logical that the UK was involved when they were a EU member ( through partnerships as your opinionated source mentions).

1) It doesn't mean they are a leader ( as you mentioned).

2) It doesn't mean they have the expertise to set everything up ( which they didn't want to, since they tried negotiating for military access to Galileo)

3) It's not going to be cheaper now. They already spent 2,1 billion pounds when they were in the EU.

Edit: can't reply anymore, but I do agree that I don't work in that sector and I don't know those companies.

It would surprise me that there is no ( current) EU-member alternative for the work that SSTL had done.

Edit 2: the current owner of SSTL is EADS ( Airbus). Which has it headquarters in France. SSTL is founded in the UK though.

Edit 3: Inmarsat History is synical in your statement that the UK is better off alone with brexit. Since it's origin is because of international cooperation

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Re:$1T is leaving Britain because of Brexit by growlist on Monday January 07, 2019 @01:47PM (#18848539)

Deary me! I don't think anyone serious in the satellite business would argue that SSTL are anything but a world leader in some aspects. Apart from that there's also Inmarsat: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inmarsat

The UK also has world leading Geomatics capabilities. I work in this sector.

I think one of the positive factors for the UK as regards Galileo is that technology has advanced hugely since Galileo's inception, thus a new UK system can be superior and far cheaper, hence the confidence behind the idea.

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