UK Needs Private Sector To Unleash Space Growth

Prime Minister Boris Johnson
UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson wants the private sector space industry to help level up the UK, with satellite launch from UK shores as early as 2022 as a key component of the plan.
Credit: Andrew Parsons/No. 10 Downing Street
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson wants the UK to become one of the “front-ranking” global space nations. But the government appears reluctant to make the serious investments needed, and is looking toward the private sector to do much of the heavy lifting. The UK’s long-awaited National Space...

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