MPs call for British manned space flight
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But no need for UK Space Agency MPs have called on the government to give the lead to the UK's space industry and expand its vision to include funding launches and even manned spaceflight.â¦
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British tycoon Richard Branson announced a plan for the world's first commercial space flights, saying &quot;thousands&quot; of fee-paying astronauts could be sent into orbit in the near future.
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The United States  should keep flying the space shuttles past their 2010  retirement date to avoid depending on Russia to fly astronauts  to the International Space Station, a U.S. congressman said on  Monday.
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Urgent action to tackle a rise in anti-Semitism in the UK is being called for by a cross-party group of MPs.
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LONDON -- Sir Richard Branson, airline mogul and adventurer, announced plans yesterday to boldly go where no private transport company has gone before -- into space.
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Space company Virgin Galactic urges the government to allow it to launch passenger flights from the UK.
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MPs will call for Tony Blair to be impeached for "gross misconduct" over the Iraq war on Wednesday.
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Ministers need a more coherent strategy on space or risk falling behind other countries, MPs warn.
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Virgin boss Sir Richard Branson announces plans to secure the first commercial flights into space.
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MPs urge  Britain's top 100 firms to donate a day's profits to the fund for victims of the collapsed Farepak Christmas savings scheme.
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As many as 100 British members of Parliament, most of them from the governing Labour Party, are to demand that parliament is re-called immediately amid concern over the government's strategy to end the conflict in the Middle East, The Guardian reported.
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MPs urge a rethink of the government's refusal to split the assessment of special needs from its funding.
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A group of scientists and engineers propose a plan for the UK to join the International Space Station.
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Sir Richard Branson announces that he has signed an agreement to develop the world&#39;s first privately funded space travel. Photograph: Fiona Hanson/PA.
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The European Parliament calls for the EU to review restrictions on taking liquids on board aeroplanes.
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An MP proposes England and Wales move to Continental Time, leaving the Scots and Northern Irish to follow if they wish.
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By David Singleton  The British space industry has brought in Bell Pottinger Public Affairs as it looks to persuade the Government to spend more on space exploration.   UKSpace, the trade association of the space industry, has appointed the agency following a three-way pitch.