Unlucky, Macron! Truss handed masterplan to overtake France with UK space revolution

The report, authored by Gabriel Elefteriu, director of strategy and space policy from the Policy Exchange think tank, suggests Britain has a huge potential to radically transform its space sector. 

This would start by pulling out of the EU’s Copernicus. The bloc delayed Britain from joining the space programme over a Brexit dispute which has dragged on for months.

Mr Elefteriu argues that those funds should be used to develop Britain’s space potential, which could see it vying for dominance in the cosmos. 

He told Express.co.uk: “I don’t think we could catch up with the US or China anytime soon, but other countries like France, Japan, Germany, Italy, we absolutely can. We need to grow our space and industrial base so that we have UK companies that can compete internationally with big companies in the US and elsewhere. 

Article source: https://www.express.co.uk/news/science/1669426/liz-truss-space-revolution-france-copernicus-eu-policy-exchange