Is Britain Falling Behind in New Space Race? at Parabolic Arc

Is Britain Falling Behind in New Space Race?

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on March 8, 2008

. Tags: ATV, Great Britain, human spaceflight, lunar, Mars, moon, space policy, UK.

With Europe’s Automated Transfer Vehicle (ATV) set to carry supplies to the International Space Station this weekend, Ian Sample questions whether the Great Britain is being left behind during this next phase of space exploration. Britain made no significant contribution to the ATV, which eventually could be upgraded to fly humans in space. Sampled is worried that Britain will be an insignificant player as the world’s space programs begin sending humans to the Moon and beyond.

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