ESA's Concurrent Design Facility checks top-level design

The Concurrent Design Facility (CDF) is a state-of-the-art facility equipped with a network of computers, multi-media devices and software tools, which allows a team of multi-disciplinary experts to apply the concurrent engineering method to space mission design. It facilitates a fast and effective interaction of all disciplines involved, ensuring consistent, high-quality results. Here Hugo Brunsveld van Hulten, European Space Incubator (ESI) entrepreneur, is seen working with ESA experts at the CDF, on his technique to fight breast cancer. Now the CDF itself and the methodology behind it, is the basis for another entrepreneurial start-up at the ESI.