Space industry frets as UKSA set for bureaucratic re-entry The UK Space Agency (UKSA) is set to join the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT) in an effort to "cut red tape" and, presumably, save some cash. According to the UK government, the move is all about "cutting duplication, reducing bureaucracy, and putting public accountability at the heart of decision- …
I don't agree with everything the UKSA did (mostly because of budget limitations) but at least they could operate freely and do things without being encumbered by having to be part of a bigger department. I suspect there will be little immediate change but over time, budget and operating freedoms will be reined in and UKSA reduced to little more than a grant awarding office.
Same as squabbling over a £12m funding gap for Astra Zeneca’s Speke vaccine factory expansion.
Meanwhile people like JLR get lobbed £1/2bn in questionable free money (by last Riry Administration) to build a battery Giga--Factory in the automotive backwater of Tory Somerset…. and not near any of their factories in the Midlands/Merseyside or literally over the road from their Global Head Office in Coventry … on a site allocated to be the same.. and within a mile or 2 of the UK Battery Innovation and Industrialisation Centre (set up with Govt money).
Fill those pork barrels.
From Wikipedia
Born in Cardiff, Bryant was privately educated at Cheltenham College before studying English at Mansfield College, Oxford. After graduating with a further degree in theology, he worked as a Church of England priest, as well as having roles at the BBC and Common Purpose. He was elected for Rhondda at the 2001 general election.
Watch out USA & China, England is serious about space
FFS !!!!
AH, this also explains "UKSA CEO Dr Paul Bate said: "I strongly welcome this improved approach to achieving the government's space ambitions. ".
Well, naturally, the guy at the top "supports" the change because he want's to keep his job. And not only that, being at the top means nowhere to go, whilst being part of a much large ministry now gives him more likely promotion prospects. Yep, all the hallmarks of a greasy pole climber, not someone who actually wants the best for his department.
