If Britain leaves Europe, we could be leaving the space race too

Britain has achieved more in space exploration by being a member of the EU says Clare Moody, MEP. And that has economic benefits for all

Britain, long dormant in the space race, has recently taken up its full role in space science. It has done this through the EU space programmes and the European Space Agency.

As a nation, we fete Tim Peake, launched by a European team to the International Space Station; and the landing of Rosetta's Philae probe on a comet 500 million miles away. These things and so much more are the product of a collaboration of European technologies and science. It is proof positive of the ability of space to inspire.