The world is gaining interest in space explorations these days not only because of the curiosities what lies outside but also with the thirst to answer some of the world's problems such as in the field of medicine. With a new bill, the United Kingdom hops on the bandwagon to provide a new platform for British scientists to study their craft in space.
In an official statement by the UK government on their website, UK's intending to have a bill proposed in the latter part of 2017 which will allow the country to launch satellites for the first time in the interest of scientific studies. The said bill will also encourage businesses to partner and fund such space flight but under specific rules and regulations.
With a £10 million fund, the said bill not only targets scientific studies but also job generation that would benefit the majority of the British population. Jo Johnson, the Universities and Science Minister, said in the same article that with this bill, it will be a good opportunity to cement the UK as a forerunner in this emerging market of space flights.
Moreover, Aviation Minister Lord Ahmad also imparted that space data are already used for meteorology and telecommunications and it's already time to make it more relevant to people by making it useful towards searching for cures to existing diseases in the world, as noted in Physics. Ahmad also added that although the UK was involved in several space projects before, no space flight has ever taken place in the UK.
Targeting the year 2020 for the project, the UK government is looking forward to developing new medicine and vaccine based from the data that will be gathered in space. The UK government also further backed up their claim for this project with the statement that experiments are different and usually more insightful when done in zero gravity.
