Green Space Startups

Agriculture and Forestry can benefit from space solutions: precision farming needs precise positioning through Galileo, GPS and co. Just digging and fertilizing, where it is needed, helps the environment a lot. Further, new kinds of food crops, including new ways of sensor based plant treatment, are beeing developed while planning deep space longtime missions. Last but certainly not least is the challenge to beat the nasty bark beetles habit of destroying our forest trees.

"We only know about the well-being or distressed situation of our Earth through space missions," the German astronaut Ernst Messerschmid points out as his personal greatest benefit of space exploration. Many environmental observations which can directly cause actions are possible due to the wide and continuously growing possibilities of Earth Observation. EO will soon be part of our daily life as Satellite Navigation and Communication has become in the past decades.

Ecological and Social Responsibilities can be supported by space technology. Are you happy using a toy if you find out that materials and workers are exploited in an illegal way or in a way which further destroys our environment. Furthermore, space solutions can be an enabler of ecological transformation of our economy. 

Bringing tourists into space is not particular eco-friendly. But engineering skills which help New Space missions gain efficiency - that makes sense. Further there is a need for the Swabian Kehrwoche in order to clean up the more and more polluted orbits in space.

Autonomous and shared driving are the thrilling challenges for mobility in the 21st century, far more than electrification. Empty cars and empty lorries are using infrastructure and resources more than necessary. We need more intelligence - swarm intelligence. And: The 3rd dimension of individual mobility is just beginning. Keep your seatbelt fastened: There is a lot to do for space solution driven startups.