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Commit 1% of government spending to development of space activities

Submitted by Peter Hague on Monday 27th January 2025

Published on Friday 21st March 2025

Current status: Closed

Closed: Sunday 21st September 2025

Signatures: 345

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Affordable ~ Challenger ~ China ~ COMMITTING ~ government spending ~ Ignore ~ international ~ Internationals ~ Major ~ Mars ~ penny ~ Pounds ~ Rockets ~ Spending ~ The Moon

Petition Action

Commit 1% of government spending to development of space activities

Petition Details

We want a penny out of every pound spent by the government to go towards space. We think that the majority of the new spending should be on developing space resources and working towards the colonisation of space by the UK, in collaboration with our international partners.

Additional Information

We feel that other nations, notably the US and China, are accelerating their capabilities in space with ambitious plans for the Moon and Mars and more affordable reusable rockets. We believe that ignoring this challenge because it is too difficult in the short term means we are destined to become irrelevant in the long term. We think that the 22nd century will be shaped by those who begin developing space now.


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