Space for science, enterprise and environment: the UK draft Space Strategy |
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Authors: | Alan Cooper |
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Institution: | Policy and Finance, British National Space Centre, 151 Buckingham Palace Road, London SW1W 9SS, UK |
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Abstract: | For the UK, space is primarily a means to an end and not an end in itself. This approach has been described as utilitarian. The British National Space Centre describes it as user oriented: the purpose of going into space should be to provide cost-effective information or services to the users, whether these are the science community, commercial operators and customers, or public sector bodies. The new draft UK Space Strategy, published on 22 January 2003, provides the underpinning rationale for this approach, which derives in part from the very individual way in which the UK organises its interests in space. |
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