'Space sapling' planting event, Woolsthorpe Manor
Andrea Leadsom speaking at an event with Tim Peake, planting trees grown from seeds that have been to space.
Happy new year everyone!
Being here at Woolsthorpe Manor, I can only imagine what Sir Isaac Newton would have made of today바카라 사이트™s event.
Celebrating a mission, named after his 바카라 사이트˜Principia Mathematica바카라 사이트™, which included taking pips from the apple tree in his garden to space and back!
Today, we바카라 사이트™re lucky enough to have the man charged with that precious cargo 바카라 사이트“ Tim Peake 바카라 사이트“ here with us.
Four years ago, Tim, you were preparing for your spacewalk outside the International Space Station 바카라 사이트“ a huge moment for our country.
But 바카라 사이트“ for me 바카라 사이트“ the legacy of your mission lies not just in space, but back here on earth.
In the millions of people who followed you on your journey. Who felt 바카라 사이트“ even for a moment 바카라 사이트“ like they were up there with you. And who 바카라 사이트“ through your work 바카라 사이트“ have been introduced to STEM skills which will change their lives.
Today바카라 사이트™s announcement of the winners of the 바카라 사이트˜Space Saplings바카라 사이트™ competition will plant the legacy of 바카라 사이트˜Principia바카라 사이트™ across our country 바카라 사이트“ to grow for generations to come.
And from connecting the world to the internet, to protecting the world from climate change 바카라 사이트“ space is absolutely crucial to solving the 바카라 사이트˜Grand Challenges바카라 사이트™ which face our society.
Today 바카라 사이트“ across the UK 바카라 사이트“ we바카라 사이트™re seeing the beginning of a second space age.
In Cornwall, we바카라 사이트™re building a new spaceport which will launch satellites from rockets attached to a Boeing 747.
In the Scottish Highlands and Islands, we바카라 사이트™re working to create the UK바카라 사이트™s first vertical launch site.
In Glasgow, Clyde Space and Spire Global are building pint-sized satellites cutting the cost of getting into space.
At the Harwell Space Cluster near Oxford, Japanese firm Astroscale have set up their mission control centre 바카라 사이트“ which will manage missions to clean up space debris.
In nearby Culham, Reaction Engines are developing the SABRE engine that could revolutionise hypersonic air travel and spaceflight.
While in Stevenage, Airbus built the Rosalind Franklin Mars Rover which will head to the red planet this year and look for signs of past life.
Our space sector is booming 바카라 사이트“ all over the country.
And it바카라 사이트™s my own personal 바카라 사이트˜mission바카라 사이트™ to see it grow, creating 30,000 more jobs over the next decade.
We바카라 사이트™ve committed to setting up the UK바카라 사이트™s first Space Command.
And we바카라 사이트™re also setting up a new National Space Council. Making the final frontier one of our first priorities.
Space is also an area where international collaboration is so important. And 바카라 사이트“ working with our European partners 바카라 사이트“ we바카라 사이트™re funding some amazing projects in the years ahead.
From a new space station orbiting the moon. To returning the first samples from Mars. And using satellites to beam broadband across the Earth.
But some of the most crucial projects are on climate change.
This is my department바카라 사이트™s flagship priority 바카라 사이트“ and we need to innovate, fast, to avoid the worst effects. Half of the measurements we need to understand climate change can only be taken from space. So it바카라 사이트™s fitting that earth observation is the fastest growing part of the UK space sector.
The Copernicus programme is playing a crucial role 바카라 사이트“ with satellites measuring CO2 and methane emissions 바카라 사이트“ and even providing images to track deforestation.
The TRUTHS mission 바카라 사이트“ proposed by the National Physical Laboratory 바카라 사이트“ whose CEO Dr Peter Thompson is here today 바카라 사이트“ will improve climate change forecasts. Allowing other satellites, such as Copernicus, to be recalibrated in space.
And just 2 weeks ago we announced a new centre involving the Universities of Edinburgh and Leeds.
Where 50 new PhD students will use satellite data to assess the impact of climate change.
Ladies and gentlemen,
As we plant our Space Sapling today, there has never been a better time for Britain바카라 사이트™s space sector.
A British astronaut.
An inspiring industry 바카라 사이트“ with opportunities across the UK.
A chance to save our planet.
Three great reasons to celebrate this sector.
Thank you.