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UK Space Agency Launched
krou writes "Today saw the launch of the new UK Space Agency (UKSA), which will officially come into being on the 1st of April. Its stated goal is to lead to more coherency in space policy, and better decision making, by gradually assuming control over the various budgets and management functions of various government departments and science funding councils. Lord Drayson, the minister for science and innovation, said that 'People in the UK are not aware of just how good Britain is both at space research and in terms of our space industry; [a space agency] is going to make people more aware of that. But in practical terms, it's going to make the decision-making by government in all aspects of space policy much more joined up, better co-ordinated — a single point within government which has responsibility for making sure that we get everything in alignment such that the space research we do, the space industry that we're building, fulfils its true potential.' The government also announced that it is adding £24m to the £16m put up by business to create an International Space Innovation Centre at Harwell in Oxfordshire."
..."Sending bad teeth into space since 2010."
... bankrupt us? They spent nearly a billion pounds reorganisng and creating agencies in the last few years, many of which don't even exist any more. Then they try to deflect attention by blaming the bankers for the recession when it was their own policies of raising both spending and taxes and running a deficit when the economy was at its peak that is the real cause of our pain. Their "quantitative easing" means the Bank of England has delete 200 billion pounds from its accounts at some point. I don't even want to know how much we're paying just in interest servicing Gordon Brown's debts.
Space Agency my arse. What a waste of money at a time when we can least afford it. What a nepotistic racket these guys are running.
You think this will be anything more than another quango?
What he can't kill, he has sex on. Trent.
Good lad, I'm glad you're happy to live in a society where underaged thugs can and do intimidate old ladies, little children, and the less well off as a matter of course. With a big hard username like c6gunner though, I'm also sure that a herd of charging buffalo would ricochet off your manly chest before skewering themselves on the barbecue fork over the lake of magma you use to cook dinner. The c wouldn't stand for "chuck" by any chance?
What he can't kill, he has sex on. Trent.
Is this an April fool ?
"1st of April launch"
Here's a tip: stop reading rags like The Sun, or the Daily Mail, and stop watching Sky News, or at the very least start analysing the "facts" these news outlets trot out.
Heres another tip, don't trivialise serious social problems by using the red tops as a fig leaf or by comparison to third world hellholes.
What he can't kill, he has sex on. Trent.
You clearly said "crime rates skyrocketing out of control". This is demonstrably untrue
Really. Economic problems lead to social instability, which in turn lead to increased crime - so why would the UK government waste money on doing something the ESA can do better, for less, when they could be dealing with more important problems? Oh yes, because we're still a big powerful counttryyy, and if the Indians can do it why aren't we?
are just pulling vitriol out of your arse.
Explain that one to me. Explain how a mortally bankrupt country with endemic social problems can justify starting a space program when contributions to the ESA will probably suffer as a result, and it will almost certainly end up being another quango.
What he can't kill, he has sex on. Trent.