MUMBAI: India and the United Kingdom will expand their space collaboration by connecting their space clusters, beginning with Leicester Space Park, said by UK’s Minister for Science, Research and Innovation George Freeman.
He claimed that India and the UK are also talking about how to control satellite communications and better utilise Lower Earth Observation orbits. Mr Freeman claims that both nations are eager to cooperate on nuclear fusion and fission research and are eager to do so in the realm of nuclear energy.
"We want to link Indian space parks with UK space cluster parks, starting with Leicester (space park)." In an interview with PTI, Mr. Freeman stated that the goal was to "grow the space economy and nurture the skills for the new generation of young Indian scientists working with UK scientists and innovators in a commercial space economy."
Freeman was in Mumbai last week for the G20 science ministers' gathering. He also got to know Jitendra Singh, his Indian equivalent. He said that the UK is making investments in its several space clusters.
Freeman noted that the UK is dedicated to developing an open commercial global economy rather than a "vertically integrated sovereign closed space economy".
He said that the UK, the first country in Europe to launch and establish the rules for space, approved the Space Act. "In the next months, this summer, we are examining how swiftly to develop these concepts so that Prime Minister [Rishi] Sunak and Prime Minister [Narendra] Modi will have a very rich package of measures to unveil when they visit India later this year. Thus, discussions are taking place this summer. The UK and India are examining areas where their two nations have significant strategic ties and shared interests, Mr. Freeman added
"We regard India as the world's largest democracy and the fastest-growing major economy in the fields of future telecommunications, satellite communications, artificial intelligence, and 5G.
For the sake of world security, India's adoption of new technology and the governance of those technologies are crucial. Therefore, we have decided to work on those crucial technologies in order to further both technological and regulatory collaboration, according to the UK minister.
The next ten years will be really interesting for the UK and India due to the size of growth, the innovation economy of India, and digital technology, he said.
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