do you think that we, as a species, let alone the uk space agency, are we as alone the uk space agencynational collaboration, perhaps the europeans plus the americans, the europeans plus the americans, the chinese and the russians, all focusing on getting a man to land on mars ‘cause then it might happen. 0therwise mars ‘cause then it might happen. otherwise i cannot see it will ever happen. certainly international collaboration on exploration is moving forward. we have the second international exploration forum in japan earlier this year. one of the questions is well, what is the aim of it? perhaps a man on mars at this stage is perhaps a step too file for that international collaboration.“ it? yes. it is a challenging mission. it‘s easy to get someone they are, the challenge is them to earth. afforded a deep space gateway, as successor to the iss, a space station orbiting around the moon which would then give you the possibility of creating a base camp to possibly progressed to mars in the future. eating beyond the moon isa the future. eating beyond the moon is a very significant ste

you are the boss of the uk space agency.r institution is at the cutting edge of science and technology in the uk. it is significantly interwoven with collaboration, partnerships, right across the european union. how damaging is brexit going to be for you? well, i think the first thing to say is that the main basis for partnering in the european union, with europe, generally is actually the european space agency, not really the european union or the commissions so we put the majority of our funding through the european space agency, that is independent of the european union, and we are not going anywhere in terms of the european space agency. we in fact increased our contributions to the european space agency in 2016, after the eu exit referendum. all of that is true but there is one project that, in many ways, dwarfs all others, which is run by the european union, not by the european space agency, and that is galileo. now, galileo, for those who are not familiar, it's the european effort to produce a satellite navigation sys

this debate is about the future of the people of the uk and the future of the united kingdom. and the american space agencys.

this debate is about the future of the people of the uk and the future of the united kingdom. and the american space agency launches a laser into orbit to measure the condition of earth's ice sheets. hello, and welcome to bbc news. at least 14 people have now died in a massive storm which has brought destruction to the north of the philippines. typhoon mangkhut ripped through the main island of luzon, triggering more than a0 landslides. it's the strongest typhoon to hit the country this year and 5 million people were in its path. howard johnson sent this report. mangkhut has been called by meteorologists the strongest typhoon in the world so far this year. and now the reality of the utter devastation it has caused is becoming obvious. extreme flash flooding. the fragility of human existence laid bare. the road to cagayan province was littered with destruction. electricity posts ripped from the ground, street lamps bent in two, and this man's house torn to shreds. he showed me where the roof had been pulled back like a tin of sardines. fighting back the tears, he told me how he'd spent the night in an evacu