BBC NEWS | Science/Nature | UK aims to be major space player
Science minister Lord Sainsbury says the country will pay the £5m interim subscriptions needed to maintain a premier place in the Aurora programme. Aurora sets out a vision for Europe to visit the planets with robotic probes and perhaps one day even with humans. Initially, however, the aim will be to put unmanned vehicles on the Red Planet.
Lots of progress happening on the Space exploration front this week, what with Virgin Galaxy(?) and SpaceShipOne (Burt Rutan) and perhaps more important in the long term and certainly for British 'Space' academics is the news that the government will by into Aurora. First time in a while I can truely say I am pleased with a decision made by the government.
Mars, here we come, maybe, again, perhaps... oh well, fingers crossed.
Posted by Paul Goodison at October 1, 2004 04:40 PM | TrackBack