Prof. David Southwood awarded the Sir Arthur Clarke Award for Exceptional Space Achievement 2011 at the UK Space Conference.
Prof. David Southwood awarded the Sir Arthur Clarke Award for Exceptional Space Achievement 2011 at the UK Space Conference.
The citation reads “David has spent a lifetime working in space science, first in academia around the world and later in European Space Agency where he created the current form of the European Space Agency's Earth observation programme and also became Director of Science (and latterly Director of Science and Robotic Exploration).”
The award is made “for exceptional achievement in an area of space activity. Examples of this might include lifetime achievement, breakthroughs in space science/technology, space undertakings of global impact/significance, etc.”
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