Comments on: 2007: a space policy http://www.spacepolitics.com/2007/07/19/2007-a-space-policy/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=2007-a-space-policy Because sometimes the most important orbit is the Beltway... Wed, 17 Sep 2014 13:35:41 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.0.38 By: J.B. http://www.spacepolitics.com/2007/07/19/2007-a-space-policy/#comment-17896 Fri, 20 Jul 2007 11:38:45 +0000 http://www.spacepolitics.com/2007/07/19/2007-a-space-policy/#comment-17896 It’s really quite a shame that the country which produced men like Francis Drake, Walter Raleigh and James Cook have now decided that human exploration is not worth the effort.

]]> By: anonymous.space http://www.spacepolitics.com/2007/07/19/2007-a-space-policy/#comment-17874 Thu, 19 Jul 2007 18:48:11 +0000 http://www.spacepolitics.com/2007/07/19/2007-a-space-policy/#comment-17874 “As usual it’s all words and no action.”

And even some of the words are limp-wristed. What the heck does “a “flexible” stance towards human spaceflight and launch vehicle development” mean? The BNSC can now take meetings on the topic before they say “no”?

Bleah…

]]> By: cIclops http://www.spacepolitics.com/2007/07/19/2007-a-space-policy/#comment-17871 Thu, 19 Jul 2007 17:41:49 +0000 http://www.spacepolitics.com/2007/07/19/2007-a-space-policy/#comment-17871 As usual it’s all words and no action. The bottom line is that BNSC gets funded with $400m a year, that’s the measure of how serious the UK government is about space. To just match NASA’s % of GDP level, BNSC would need to have $3 billion a year. Now that would buy an interesting space program for the UK.

]]> By: SurfinOnARocket http://www.spacepolitics.com/2007/07/19/2007-a-space-policy/#comment-17862 Thu, 19 Jul 2007 14:02:55 +0000 http://www.spacepolitics.com/2007/07/19/2007-a-space-policy/#comment-17862 Personally, I think we could learn something from the Brits and include more references to Hitchhikers and Star Trek in our reports….maybe then they wouldn’t just collect dust.

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