UK space comes to an 'understanding' with Australia as Brexit looms The UK and Australia have announced plans to become the best of buddies in the space field, including the UK’s current hot potato: satellite navigation. The memorandum of understanding, which was signed this week by Chief Executive of the UK Space Agency, Graham Turnock, and head of the fledgling Australian Space Agency (ASA …
As a yank, I don't exactly understand y'all, however, one thing is crystal clear. For all of you that love the EU so much, the English Channel is very small. Brexit. Leave now, your European masters may not let you in later. For all of you that feel English, love England, and want to remain English, god bless you.
... and what about those who are Scottish and love Scotland/Welsh who love Wales/Northern Irish and live Northern Ireland/Cornish who love Kernow etc, etc?? There is much more complexity than you realise. I was born in England, moved to Scotland less than ten years ago, and consider myself a Scottish. Instead of referenda about individual nations of the UK having independence, what we should have is Scotland, NI and Wales having the chance to throw England out.
Answer.
F**k all.
Seriously, could you imagine a bigger waste of taxpayers money?
This is driven by
a) Massive MoD egoism and some fantasy that the UK is as big as the US/China/India/Russia (all countries with active or planned sat nav systems, and the tax base to afford it )
and
b) A desire to support a chunk of the British satellite industry, which the morons who voted for this bu***hit didn't think twice about throwing under a bus.
And yes, the UK satellite industry is worth quite a lot of money in terms of foreign revenue, and is growing quite fast.
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