first ever uk space policy quotes mr spock says anything other than growing a private space industry would be illogical : Mon, 14 Dec 2015 11:10:59 -0500 - Timothy Peake will become the first British citizen in space when he is launched to the International Space Station on Tuesday. But the U.K. has even higher space aspirations: Like the U.S., the U.K. wants its own private space industry, too. On Sunday, the British government released its first national space policy, which among other things sets a goal of growing private space into a $60 billion industry by 2030 from $18 billion in 2014.
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