Trade and Industry - Tenth Report

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Here you can browse the report together with the Proceedings of the Committee. The published report was ordered by the House of Commons to be printed 4 July 2000.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Terms of Reference

LIST OF WITNESSES

LIST OF MEMORANDA INCLUDED IN THE MINUTES OF EVIDENCE

LIST OF APPENDICES TO THE MINUTES OF EVIDENCE

LIST OF MEMORANDA REPORTED BUT NOT PRINTED

REPORT

I. INTRODUCTION




II. ORGANISATION OF SPACE RESPONSIBILITIES IN THE UK

British National Space Centre (BNSC)
BNSC partners




III. EUROPEAN SPACE ACTIVITY

European Space Agency (ESA)

ESA and the European Union




IV. THE UK SPACE INDUSTRY

UK funding arrangements

'Juste retour'

Export controls

Space education




V. SPACE APPLICATIONS AND PROGRAMMES

UK space priorities

Telecommunications

Historical perspective

Technological developments

Small Satellites

Navigation

EGNOS

Galileo

Earth observation (EO)

UK policy

Living planet

General

Space Science

Beagle 2

Launchers and space infrastructure

Historical perspective

Ariane

Future Launch Technologies Programme

Current UK participation in launchers

Funding

Manned space flight




VI. CIVIL/MILITARY OVERLAP IN THE USE OF SPACE

Skynet

Defence Evaluation Research Agency (DERA)




VII. THE FUTURE OF UK SPACE POLICY

BNSC

Conclusion

SUMMARY OF CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS

GLOSSARY

MINUTES OF PROCEEDINGS RELATING TO THE REPORT

TRADE AND INDUSTRY COMMITTEE REPORTS PARLIAMENT 1997-




MINUTES OF EVIDENCE

Tuesday 14 March 2000
Tuesday 11 April 2000
Tuesday 9 May 2000

APPENDICES TO THE MINUTES OF EVIDENCE

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Prepared 13 July 2000