http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/8579270.stm... it might also mean that we could see British-flagged space probes aimed at the Moon and beyond launching from CSG, Baikonour, Wallops and KSC within a few years.
Is this actually the best news ever to come out of the Labour government? I think so! :-D
i'm wondering what this would mean for ESA the facility at Harwell.....