https://www.lapsedatheist.com/wiki/api.php?action=feedcontributions&feedformat=atom&user=KirstenJamesJonnyBWiki - User contributions [en]2026-08-23T23:31:58ZUser contributionsMediaWiki 1.43.1https://www.lapsedatheist.com/wiki/index.php?title=User_talk:KirstenJames&diff=2817User talk:KirstenJames2010-03-24T17:13:11Z<p>KirstenJames: New page: United Kingdom Launches New Space Agency The United Kingdom (U.K.) launched a new national space agency Tuesday along with plans for a multimillion-dollar space innovation center in Engla...</p>
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<div>United Kingdom Launches New Space Agency<br />
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The United Kingdom (U.K.) launched a new national space agency Tuesday along with plans for a multimillion-dollar space innovation center in England.<br />
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The U.K. Space Agency is slated to open its doors by April 1. This hub for all British space activities will be based at a new £40 million (nearly $60 million U.S.) International Space Innovation Centre announced today along with the new space agency, British space officials said during the announcement.<br />
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"The action we're taking today shows that we're really serious about space," said Lord Paul Drayson, U.K. Minister for Science and Innovation, in a statement. "The U.K. Space Agency will give the sector the muscle it needs to fulfill its ambition. "<br />
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Drayson said that the British space industry has remained strong despite recession troubles elsewhere and could grow into a £40 billion ($60 billion)-a-year industry and create more than 100,000 jobs over the next 20 years.<br />
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"The government's commitments on space will help the sector go from strength to strength," he said.<br />
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The United Kingdom's space and satellite industry currently supports about 68,000 jobs and contributes £6 billion ($9 billion) annually to the economy.<br />
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The new U.K. Space Agency's International Space Innovation Centre is expected to serve as a nexus for data collected by Earth-observation satellites, British space officials said. At least one use for that data includes understanding and countering climate change, they added.<br />
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The center is also expected to advise U.K. officials on how best to maintain the "security and resilience of space systems and services," agency officials said in a statement.<br />
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The new space center will be built near the European Space Agency's U.K. Research Center in Oxfordshire, England. <br />
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The U.K. Space Agency will replace the British National Space Centre as the management hub for all civilian space activities performed in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.<br />
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British space officials also said they envision developing a national space technology strategy for the United Kingdom, strengthening climate-monitoring abilities to boost the U.K.'s role in climate change policy and science, as well as setting up an expert panel to take stock of emerging technologies for space-based security and defense projects.<br />
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British space officials said they are also interested in using space-based systems to support the next generation of broadband communications services in the United Kingdom.<br />
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