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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A ministerial 'champion' is needed to co-ordinate governmental efforts on climate change, MPs say.
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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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Science & environment: UK must put British astronauts in space or risk missing out on significant scientific, economic and cultural benefits, say space experts.
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New claims about the safety of RAF Kinloss Nimrods are to be raised in the House of Commons.
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Manned missions will inspire the nation People must be at the heart of the UK's space exploration efforts, according to a report published today. The report's authors contradict the UK's long-held policy that robots are where it is at, both scientifically and financially, when it comes to touring the solar system. They argue that it is time for a new vision.â¦
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Welsh MP Lembit Opik calls for the UK government to embrace an action plan to reduce the asteroid threat to Earth.
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Ballistic brylcreem boys for Blighty The head of the Royal Air Force (RAF) has said the UK should have a manned space programme, and that his organisation should provide astronauts.â¦
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Britain&#39;s ill-fated Beagle 2 mission to Mars failed partly because a lack of government funds left the project as an &quot;amateurish gentlemen&#39;s agreement&quot;, a committee of MPs says in a report today.
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The British team that built the space probe for Europe's doomed mission to Mars conceded Tuesday that any future ventures to the Red Planet should have better funding and detection systems for potential problems.
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LONDON - The Beagle 2 space probe failed to land safely on Mars because the British government tried to fund the mission &quot;on the cheap,&quot; a parliamentary committee has charged.
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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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MPs urge  Britain's top 100 firms to donate a days profits to the rescue fund for victims of the collapsed Farepak Christmas savings scheme.
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By RON MOORE  A SALTIRE that has flown above the Scottish Parliament is to be taken into space by Nasa.   Astronaut Nick Patrick, whose mum is from Skye, will take the flag on his maiden space shuttle mission in December.
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The nation&#39;s most prominent science advisers Wednesday urged NASA to send shuttle astronauts instead of robots on a repair mission to the aging Hubble telescope because humans have a substantially greater chance of fixing it.
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45 Labour MPs urge a vote on Britain agreeing to a US request for UK troops to be sent to an area south west of Baghdad.
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A proposal for the UK to join the International Space Station (ISS) project is put forward by a group of scientists and engineers.