Memorandum 50
Submission from Thaddeus R F Fulford-Jones
As a 24-year-old postgraduate student in aerospace
engineering, I have a deep interest in and concern for the future
of UK space-related activity. Although I am a British Citizen,
I currently study in the USA at the Massachusetts Institute of
Technology. When I applied to PhD programs in early 2005, it quickly
became clear that there were very few opportunities for space-related
research in the United Kingdom, and that subsequent career prospects
in Britain would be very limited for someone with my interests
and expertise. I had to enroll at MIT in order to achieve my academic
goals. I look forward to a time in the future when there will
be substantial space-related activity in the UK, funded at a level
sufficient to attract world-class researchers and scientists.
With appropriate allocation of resources and
full government backing, there is no reason why a UK space program
could not inspire and empower young people to rebuild British
excellence in science and engineering.
October 2006
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