Space is an expensive business; the recent Rosetta mission is said to have cost €1.4bn. Although space research is often seen as glamorous and exciting, should research here on earth take priority?
Asking whether we can justify the cost are Monica Grady, who organised a Kickstarter campaign to fund a mission to the moon, Director of RAL Space Richard Holdaway FREng and former European Commission Chief Scientific Adviser Anne Glover will be speaking at the event held at the Helix Theatre, Cheltenham.
