ONLINE EVENT
CAN BRITAIN
BECOME A NEW
SPACE PIONEER?
Thursday 18 November 2021
6 -7pm GMT, 1- 2pm EST and on- demand
Next year, UK spaceports will become capable of hosting space
launches from the UK for the first time. The development is part of
an ambitious plan to make the UK a meaningful actor in space,
both in military and civilian spheres, and to allow British industry
to exploit new space-related technologies for smaller, cheaper and
more effective satellites. To make this happen, the government
recently set out its National Space Strategy and created the UK
Space Command to defend British interests and guarantee secure
communications in space; it also introduced the legal framework
necessary to allow launches from British soil. But is Britain ready
for the challenge?
This New Scientist debate will ask whether Britain has the
expertise and industrial base to meet these ambitions and explore
how it can best exploit these foundations in an increasingly
competitive global market for space.
Find out more and register your place:
newscientist.com/bae-space
PanellistsGeorge Freeman, MP
Minister for Science Research
and InnovationAir Vice-Marshal Paul Godfrey
Commander of the
UK Space CommandEmily Gravestock
Head of Applications Strategy,
UK Space AgencyDave Short
Technology Director,
BAE SystemsJustin Mullins
Consultant editor, New Scientist
and debate chairSponsored byDebate
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