Vosper-Babbage

Vosper Babbage is an industrial combine company, working primarily in Lagrange points in Earth's orbit. It has been operating as early as 2029.THS, p.9 Along with Tenzan Heavy Industries, Vosper-Babbage had spearheaded operations in moving near-earth asteroids into more readily usable positions, using mass-driver engines.THS, p.10
It is currently owned by the even-larger System Technologies AG, and has close ties to Hawking Industries.
== Assets and Accomplishments ==
* Early access to asteroids in near-Earth orbits
* Mass-driver "dust bucket" engines for propulsion
* Developed Solaris, the first fusion-drive spacecraft, in 2051.THS, p.12
* Owns Alethia Station, an asteroid base built in the Main Belt in 2063.THS, p.13THS, p.42
* Mining cybershellsTHS, p.23
*Close ties to Hawking Industries (focusing on black hole power station design)THS, p.95
== References ==
Category:Organisations in GURPS