The Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations (SCVO) said the Moonbeams case reinforced the need for tighter regulation.

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In December, the directors and trustees of Edinburgh-based children's cancer charity Moonbeams were removed following a hearing at the Court of Session.

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At the Newspace conference he showed some even more compact satellite platforms including an idea of matchbook sized satellites called moonbeams which could be launched for far less than conventional satellites and allow almost anybody to design and send an experiment or other package into space.

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