Commercial and Private Space Activities
The first Briton in space, cosmonaut-researcher Helen Sharman, was funded by a private consortium without UK government assistance. Interest in space continues in Britain's private sector, including satellite design and manufacture, developing designs for space planes and catering to the new market in space tourism.
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