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Have you ever heard of a Space Accountant?

Have you ever heard of a Space Accountant?

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UK Accountant Tom from Inmarsat a global satellite communications company, describes his job working for a Technology Finance team working to design, build & send satellites into space.

Watch Tom's video from Inmarsat in the link below.

Now try these activities below

  • Think about a satellite – what would it need to be built? Try and make a ‘shopping list’, using research to help you.
  • Think like an investor – why invest in space and satellites? Explain why you think people use their money in this way. What would the risks be?
  • To show us how big a billion is, Tom explains that a billion seconds would last over 31 years! Can you find the next largest value, or relationships between smaller and larger numbers?

Watch space accountant Tom from Inmarsat here


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