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The UK's decision to shun human spaceflight was a mistake that needs to be changed, says Europe's International Space Station programme chief.
But with Nasa on the verge of ending its shuttle programme and the Russian Soyuz capsules overbooked, it will not be easy to reverse course, warns Alan Thirkettle, a Brit who left the country to head European Space Agency (Esa) projects