Ministers are considering a £75m plan to join missions to the Moon and Mars, the British Association’s Festival of Science has heardBritish astronauts could be in orbit by the middle of the next decade. An influential government advisory panel yesterday recommended an end to long-standing opposition to manned space flight.
A four-strong astronaut corps, two of whom would fly to the International Space Station, would be recruited from 2010 to prepare the way for participation in international expeditions to the Moon and Mars under a plan drawn up by a British National Space Centre (BNSC) working group.
A four-strong astronaut corps, two of whom would fly to the International Space Station, would be recruited from 2010 to prepare the way for participation in international expeditions to the Moon and Mars under a plan drawn up by a British National Space Centre (BNSC) working group.
Mark Henderson, Science Editor
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