Sentence examples for national space programme from inspiring English sources

The UK must set up a national space programme to help spur the scientific and technological breakthroughs that will be needed on future missions into the cosmos, MPs say.

"The UK has, so far, only taken small steps towards launching a national space programme that would enable our innovative space and satellite industries to get the 'flight heritage' they need," she added.

But Britain could secure more contracts, and take leading roles in more missions, if the country built up the capabilities that a national space programme would demand, the report claims.

In 1985-86 he served on the National Commission on Space, a presidential committee to develop goals for a national space programme into the 21st century; and was also vice-chairman of the committee investigating the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster in 1986.

Meanwhile, some Americans were talking up their national space programme.

The article deals with a number of particular problems challenging the managers and methodologists of the Russian national space programme of today.

This paper discusses several key factors for successful interaction of industry with national space programmes in emerging space nations.

A further £10m will fund a national space technology programme, with an equal sum being spent on test facilities at the ISIS neutron source, a centre for studying the structure of matter, in Harwell, Oxfordshire.

Russia is to revise its space programme, the national space agency has said, after it emerged that billions of pounds of cuts could hit Moon exploration plans.

The firm also took part in such crucial national initiatives as America's space programme (a newly installed IBM system helped save the stricken Apollo 13).

The military-backed space programme is a source of national pride.