Sentences with phrase «space programme»

SO you want to start your own space programme?

The programme also deserves separate funding on a par with other «big science» initiatives such as space programmes, he said.

ESA's job is to draw up the European space programme and carry it through.

Morgan's clever - clogs naming is matched by his or her (you choose Yu's gender) clever - clogs role in a space station - bound science programme, set in a 2032 where JFK wasn't shot and the US space programme played out vastly differently.

And Russia will bring invaluable experience to the project — during the fiercely competitive era of the Cold War, the thriving Soviet space programme launched a stream of space stations.

If we accept that the UK doesn't really need a nuclear weapons programme, but does need good jobs for talented scientists and engineers, could the same money and talent pool now working on nuclear arms be used to create a crewed space programme for the country instead?

Silicon Valley firms and entrepreneurs have started betting big on «moonshots»: grand projects that will be tough, if not impossible, to pull off, but which would have a huge impact if they succeeded — like the Apollo space programme, the original moonshot.

The second rocket failure in two weeks is likely to cause delays for China's ambitious space programme whilst the causes are under investigation

If 5 minutes is too brief for you, pay the Russian space programme $ 35 million and you can buy yourself a whole week's stay on the International Space Station.

The race to revisit the moon is on, and with national space programmes and private companies all setting it in their sights, it might even get a bit crowded

A US ban on the sale of space technology to India will affect the Indian space programme only «a little bit», according to U. R. Rao, head of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO).

The API hopes to see the government extend the Sport England Primary Spaces programme into every school, with broader scope to incorporate a wide variety of physical literacy activities, not just ball games.

This month's video space programme brings together a series of short interviews with the late artist Sylvia Sleigh (1916 - 2010), a key influence on our current exhibitor Ellen Altfest.

It possessed impressive military, scientific and space programmes yet also profound internal weaknesses that eventually contributed to its downfall.

The UK Space Agency is supposed to provide strategic leadership to Britain's involvement in space, by «delivering a world - class space programme with maximum economic, scientific and social benefit».

The leaflet in the series that attacks Labour focuses on a failure to honour a promise to hold a referendum on Lisbon, Labour MEPs» support for joining the Euro, support for the Working Time Directive, support for an EU Space programme and also for a Euro Army:

If Congress votes to take Tito up on his offer, it could help return a sense of purpose to the US human space programme: despite talk of a NASA mission to the vicinity of Mars in the 2030s or sending crew to an asteroid, SLS currently has no firm destination.

Or perhaps it's time to sort out the country's muddled space programme?

If you want us to eventually colonise the stars, we need to minimise the catastrophic events that could disrupt civilisation now: getting a reasonable response to climate change, limiting nuclear weapons and improving surveillance for pandemics over resourcing space programmes.

With the US facing economic crisis and the shuttle on the brink of retirement, how will NASA's space programme fare under the next president?

The items on offer have stunned Western specialists who, for years, have tried to piece together details of the Soviet space programme from sketchy Tass dispatches and other fragments of information.

With only 100 shopping days till Christmas, space enthusiasts might like to start saving for a trip to New York, where more than 250 artefacts from the Soviet Union's pioneering space programme will go under the hammer at Sotheby's in December.

Another part of the ESA space programme, the Columbus free - flyer, will be cut altogether if ESA's 13 member countries approve the plan.

The 115 - kilogram satellite is the first of four satellites to be built under the Brazilian space programme, which was established by the Brazilian government at the end of 1979.

Six trainees, from other European countries, will be eligible for NASA flights and Europe's proposed manned space programme.

Sergei Korolev (USSR space programme's chief engineer): I just want to remind you that after the signal for 1 - minute readiness, there will be about 6 minutes before the flight starts.

Still, Ramakrishnan thinks human space flight is a crucial component of any advanced space programme and an important step for India.

Virgin Galactic et al, as opposed to national governments) to be able to do the sort of heavy - lifting that the various space programmes require?

The unsuccessful rocket launch on Sunday could affect future Chinese space programmes, according to experts.

Conclusion The U.S. space programme today is frozen in its tracks.

The crumbling remains of the Soviet Unions space programme.

Star Wars (the military space programme, not the George Lucas cash cow).

Choose Career Mode and you will find yourself in charge of the entire space programme.

This month's Video Space programme presents a selection of films made over the last four years by the British artist, Anna Barham.

But the space race was two nations pushing each other to greater achievements and the Soviet space programme doesn't get as much attention as its US counterpart.

Swindon, England About Blog The UK Space Agency is responsible for all strategic decisions on the UK civil space programme and provides a clear, single voice for UK space ambitions.

You can hear our discussion on the challenge from China, and whether Britain should develop its own space programme, here:

I was with reader Steve Pickering 100 per cent until he proposed a crewed space programme as an alternative project...

«These grand projects would have a huge impact if they succeeded, like the Apollo space programme ``

After playing an integral role in the fledgling US space programme, DARPA gave us the satellite - based global positioning system (GPS), stealth aircraft and the precursor to the internet.

The Tiangong - 1 was part of China's ambitious space programme, and the prototype for a manned station in 2022.

Against this gloomy background, Mir is one of the glittering successes of the Russian space programme.

Between national space programmes and private initiatives, 2018 is the goal launch year for at least eight different missions to the moon, making it the most popular destination outside low Earth orbit.

Grant proposals with links to the European space programme are being made, and both NASA and the European Space Agency are eager to see applications from astrobiologists.

Rao says, however, that «it is very well known that the Indian space programme is a totally peaceful programme».

To address this, we would like to see Sport England extend its Primary Spaces programme to every school, with scope to incorporate a wide variety of activities beyond ball games.

He pointed out that Ukraine played a part in the Soviet space programme.

By refocusing our space programme on Mars for America's future, we can restore the sense of wonder and adventure in space exploration that we knew in the summer of 1969.

In 1960, a year before he left the White House, US infrastructure investment as a proportion of GDP was double what it is today, as the demands of the space programme and building an interstate road network were met.