Extract from second reading debate (Commons) of the Space Industry Bill - Jan 15
Tuesday, 16 January 2018 07:38
Mr Edward Vaizey (Wantage) (Con):...The report points out the
different industries operating in space. Landing on the moon is
just the sexy part—the tip of the iceberg. Space industries include
satellite launches, satellite communications, deep space
exploration and lunar landing as well as Earth observation,
asteroid mining, space debris—mentioned by my hon. Friend the
Member for Mole Valley—space tourism, space research, manufacturing
in space, and so on. Countries all round the world...Request free trial
Mr (Wantage) (Con):...The
report points out the different industries operating in space.
Landing on the moon is just the sexy part—the tip of the iceberg.
Space industries include satellite launches, satellite
communications, deep space exploration and lunar landing as well as
Earth observation, asteroid mining, space debris—mentioned by my
hon. Friend the Member for Mole Valley—space tourism, space
research, manufacturing in space, and so on. Countries all round
the world have an interest. Morgan Stanley identifies 90 companies,
mainly from the US but also from Israel, India, Korea, Finland and many other countries.
There is only one British company on the list of 90 space companies
to watch, but—happily confirming my thesis that Harwell is the home
of UK space—it is Oxford Space Systems, which is based in Harwell
and builds small satellites. It is run by an extraordinary man
called Mike Lawton. The first time I met him, he was powering buses
with vegetable oil; now, he is building small cube satellites to be
launched as a light payload delivering extraordinary
benefits...
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