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At the start of 2004, President George W. Bush made a big political gesture by announcing NASA’s new long-term objective: putting an American on Mars. Polling data in this report shows the British public is at best sceptical about the US government’s motives for this proposed new mission.
By contrast, the European vision of space can be characterised as open, collaborative and focused on the civilian applications of space science. The intense media interest in the Beagle 2 probe to Mars showed that the public’s imagination could be captured by unmanned space craft on a purely scientific mission.
As Jean-Jacques Dordain, director-general of the European Space Agency, comments: "Europe shouldn’t be trying to catch up with the US. For the US, space is an instrument of domination. Europe should be proposing a different model: space as public good."
Masters of the Universe describes this new vision of public space. The authors explore how space technologies can help governments and citizens meet the challenges of economic modernisation and sustainable development.
Public space is grounded in humanitarian values with a strong commitment to international development and environmental protection. It recognises the intrinsic value of space science to understand the origins of the universe and our place within it. And finally it democratises space developing new forms of public participation to shape the future of space research and technology.
Can Britain build on the lessons from Beagle and forge a progressive social and political agenda for space? The stakes are high with a battle on between Europe, American and emerging space nations such as China to define the objective of space science. Will public space win, or a more sinister vision based on domination and weaponisation triumph?
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