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Letter: Too little money to be worth spending on space

Published 15 March 2017

From Sam Edge, Ringwood, Hampshire, UK

The UK government is offering £10 million to promote UK-based space launches (25 February, p 7)? This is a waste of money because it is ridiculously little. Compare it with the expenses bill for the House of Commons, which runs to around £100 million a year.

Issue no. 3117 published 18 March 2017

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