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December 11, 2009
Lord Drayson, Minister of Science and Innovation, has announced that Britain will get its own dedicated space agency.
The new agency will be responsible for all UK space activities, and will act as a replacement for the soon-to-be abolished British National Space Centre (BNSC).
At the moment, the space policy of Britain ...
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December 09, 2009
The idea of having thousands of space tourists orbiting the planet benefited from a giant leap forward this week as British billionaire Sir Richard Branson unveiled the first commercial passenger shuttle in the world.
The founder of Virgin Records teamed up with Burt Rutan, a very well known aviation designer to ...
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August 03, 2009
July 20 1969. American astronaut Neil Armstrong is the first man to put his foot on the surface of our beloved natural satellite, confirming man’s ability to conquer adversity and sending thousands of little boys and girls into dreamland in the process.
Space travel is here, even for the non-astronauty common-folk. ...
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