Minister calls for UK space facility

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Summary

Climate change is an issue debated in the whole world. Lord Drayson, the science minister of the UK, wants a new space facility to be built in Britain which will focus on the climate change from space. It would be based at Harwell in Oxfordshire. This facility also develops robotics for future mission. The only thing is that the government is concerned that there are too few Esa’s (European Space Agency) projects in Britain. The British space industry, worth £5.8 billion a year, containing already 16.000 jobs. Lord Drayson also wants Esa’s flagship back on track, called the GMES. The government already promised £128m for the GMES project. Climate scientists are concerned about that.

My opinion

It is a really good thing from Lord Drayson to build a new better space facility. This will improve always our knowledge about the climate change and then we can handle correctly in something happened. Ok it costs the community a lot of money, but where were we if we don’t had such facilities? I always said; there is always money for a good plan. So when Lord Drayson has a good plan, then the government should give him the money he needed. I wonder if it is a real problem if Brittain has the most projects from the Esa. They should be proud I think.