Personally, I have great hopes for such a project. NASA is a massive and very impressive force for space exploration in the US and perhaps more importantly  it is an icon which encourages younger generations to learn and educational institutes to teach in related science and technology topics.

A British space agency would certainly have the same affect in this country as “Mummy, I want to become an astronaut” would become significantly more plausible for British kids. Hopefully, such a space agency would also raise the next generations overall enthusiasm for the related sciences, such as physics, chemistry and of course, rocket science.  Let us just hope this British space agency project acquires the necessary funding and goes ahead as Space Minister Lord Drayson really wishes.

Also, what would such a space agency by called? What do you think about space exploration and the hope quantities of money spent on these space exploration endeavours?