UK Reconsiders 1986 Decision To Ban Astronauts

An anonymous reader writes "The British space agency, BNSC, is reconsidering its 1986 decision to reject all human space missions. The decision has dominated British space policy ever since, leaving Britain out of many American and European space projects. The UK is the only nation in the G8 group of leading economies that does not have a human space flight program. But space enthusiast groups like the British Interplanetary Society are trying to persuade the British government to participate in both manned and unmanned space activities."

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So instead they bring our economy to its knees

[Jafafa Hots]

for an unpopular war.

Re:So instead they bring our economy to its knees

[Eunuchswear]

Like it would have been a good idea if the war was popular?

Re:The problem is another entirely.

[Pogdranaut]

The reason bureaucrats hate space programs is because it's the one guaranteed area where you can dump as many billions as you want and you will get no measurable progress. Sounds just like the NHS?