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Posted on 12/17/2009 5:09:46 PM PST by KevinDavis
Think of a space agency and what comes to mind is probably the US National Aeronautics and Space Administration and Moon landing achievements. The UK government's decision to have its own NASA may thus look like a step towards a bold national future in the cosmos, but reality is likely to be much closer to the ground.
The UK government's 10 Decemberannouncement that it would form an executive agency for space comes after years of reviews about what more the country could do for spaceflight, and the government has an enthusiastic space champion in its minister of state for science and innovation, Lord Paul Drayson of Kensington.
(Excerpt) Read more at flightglobal.com ...
What is the budget? $0.25
The Brits should call it the “Matchbox Space Agency,” after their ‘bots are no longer crapping out on them. ;-)
They already have the TARDIS ...
I’ve been corrected by a Brit here. They should call it the “Dinky Space Agency.”
Neighbors are informative. An area near here is like the Star Wars Canteen (visitors and rich, new residents from all over). ;-)
Bet they’ve already started sending out the WARN (layoff) notices to NASA employees.
Oh, it's much, much more than that.
£0.25
woohoo.
That’s less than 20p.
Yes, UK Space Agency hasn’t enough for its own press release yet.
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