Q&A WITH THE CEO OF INMARSAT - Melissa Brobby interviews Rajeev Suri

A landmark study has found that, in contrast to the Apollo generation, younger people are out of touch with the realities of the space industry

- Melissa Brobby

Your report, 'What on Earth is the value of space?', was released recently. What was it about? The report is the largest ever survey of public perceptions of space globally and included more than 20,000 people in 11 countries. The reason we did it is because we wanted to understand the public perception. What do people feel about space? Do people understand that space is adding value to their daily lives, what it does today and what it will do in the future? We want to understand what people are fearful of regarding space. We also wanted to know how people feel about space in different generations, because we want to recruit more people into our industry.