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Motion made, that the Committee takes note of European Union Document No. 16374/12, a Commission Communication on establishing appropriate relations between the European Union and the European Space Agency; and supports the Government’s aim to work with the European Commission and ESA to begin a period of discussions about the future relationship between the ESA and the EU in which it will seek to ensure that any Commission proposal for evolution of the relationship supports the growth of the UK space sector, avoids duplication of expertise and functions between the ESA and the EU, protects the UK’s ability to participate in certain space programmes on a voluntary basis, and fully analyses the implications for the EU budget and EU competence, so that a fully informed decision can be taken next year. Agreed to on question.
Motion made, that the Committee takes note of European Union Document No. 16374/12, a Commission Communication on establishing appropriate relations between the European Union and the European Space Agency; and supports the Government’s aim to work with the European Commission and ESA to begin a period of discussions about the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what recent discussions he has had with the European Space Agency on the viability of the Skylon Spaceplace; and if he will make a statement.
[121451]
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what recent discussions he has had with the European Space Agency on the viability of the Skylon Spaceplace; and if he will make a statement.
[121451]
Neither I nor UK Space Agency officials have held discussions with the European Space Agency
recently. Officials continue to work with the company to establish a business case and the technical viability of the Skylon Spaceplane.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what preparations his Department is making on a regulatory framework for reusable spaceplanes; and if he will make a statement.
[121531]
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what preparations his Department is making on a regulatory framework for reusable spaceplanes; and if he will make a statement.
[121531]
I announced at Farnborough International in July that the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills and the Department for Transport would undertake a joint review of the regulatory framework needed for reusable space planes. This review is ongoing.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills whether he plans to provide funding for space projects related to a future moon landing; what discussions the UK Space Agency has had with the US administration on this matter; and if he will make a statement.
[119768]
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills whether he plans to provide funding for space projects related to a future moon landing; what discussions the UK Space Agency has had with the US administration on this matter; and if he will make a statement.
[119768]
No funds are allocated to develop missions for a future moon landing, and at present we have no firm plans to commit to a moon project. The UK Space Agency is a member of the International Space Exploration Co-ordination Group (ISECG) which includes NASA. ISECG is engaged in multi-lateral discussions on future space exploration of the Moon, Mars and asteroids, as described on its website:
http://www.globalspaceexploration.org/
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what support he plans to provide to space exploration in each of the next five years; what recent reports he has received of assistance given to space exploration by the governments and administrations of (a) the US, (b) the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what support he plans to provide to space exploration in each of the next five years; what recent reports he has received of assistance given to space exploration by the governments and administrations of (a) the US, (b) the...
The Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, provides funding to the UK Space Agency for space activities. The one exploration project currently being funded through the European Space Agency (ESA) is ExoMars. This is a mission to explore the atmosphere, surface and sub-surface of Mars and is scheduled to be launched in two phases in 2016 and 2018.
It is funded by the UK at an average of €14 million per year. In addition there is a nationally funded UK activity of £5 million-£5.5 million per year to provide instruments for the ExoMars mission and to exploit the science and technology of this and other Mars exploration missions.
The United States was scheduled to be a major partner in ExoMars, but withdrew in early February 2012. The Russian Federation space agency Roscosmos has joined the programme and is expected to provide key elements including the launches.
ESA member states have agreed to support the ESA ExoMars programme as shown in the following table. Some increased financial support may be provided by some member states at the ESA ministerial meeting in November 2012. Most countries also have a national programme to support instruments. Through ESA, member states are studying options for Mars missions to follow ExoMars with the ultimate goal of returning samples of material from Mars for study in terrestrial laboratories. Germany, Spain and Portugal are also funding studies with ESA of a proposed robotic lunar lander mission to be launched around 2018. A decision on whether to proceed with this project will also be discussed at the November ESA ministerial meeting.
| Participating
states | ExoMars
(percentage) | ExoMars
(€ million—2008
ec) |
| Austria | 1.25 | 12.5 |
| Belgium | 2.61 | 26.1 |
| Denmark | 0.55 | 5.5 |
| France | 12.9 | 129.0 |
| Germany | 8.96 | 89.6 |
| Italy | 27.82 | 278.2 |
| The
Netherlands | 1.24 | 12.4 |
| Norway | 0.26 | 2.6 |
| Portugal | 0.21 | 2.1 |
| Spain | 5.83 | 58.3 |
| Sweden | 0.62 | 6.2 |
| Switzerland | 4.38 | 43.8 |
| United
Kingdom | 16.5 | 165.0 |
| Canada | 1.91 | 19.1 |
| Total
subscribed | 85.04 | 850.4 |
The UK Space Agency is a member of the International Space Exploration Co-ordination Group which includes NASA. ISECG is engaged in multi-lateral discussions on future space exploration of the Moon, Mars and asteroids, as described on its website:
http://www.globalspaceexploration.org/
NASA continues its Mars exploration programme, notably with the landing of Curiosity in August 2012, and is building a new generation of human space exploration vehicles to take astronauts beyond Earth orbit. Roscosmos is defining new robotic space exploration missions to the Moon and has recently announced that it may also develop a new human crew vehicle.