Haɗin kai a Scotland don Bincike cikin Astronautics

Ƙungiyar Bincike Kan Sararin Samaniya ( ASTRA ), ƙungiya ce da ke da mambobi waɗanda ke kula da duk wani abu da ya shafi binciken sararin samaniya. Cibiyar ayyukanta ta yanzu tana cikin birnin Glasgow na Scotland kuma tana da alaƙa da wasu ƙungiyoyi da dama, ciki har da Tarayyar Ƙungiyoyin Falaki da Majalisar Glasgow don Sashen Sa-kai. 

Ta hanyar wani tsari da aka gudanar a shekarar 1976, yanzu an yi wa ASTRA rijista a matsayin kamfanin agaji, tare da garantin iyaka (lambar rajista SC005527  ), kuma a lokacin ne Kamfanin Kamfanoni ya tilasta wa ƙungiyar canza sunanta.

ASTRA tana gudanar da tarurruka, tarurruka, da laccoci na baƙi a sansaninta na Glasgow da ke Cibiyar Ogilvie, kuma tana shiga cikin abubuwan da ke faruwa a wasu sassan ƙasar. Membobin ƙungiyar suna haɗuwa sau biyu a wata kuma ana gudanar da tarurruka a ranar Litinin ta farko da ta uku.

Manufar ASTRA, kamar yadda aka bayyana a cikin Mataki na 3, na Takardar Amincewa da Ƙungiyarsu ita ce "haɓaka ci gaban ilimi da yaɗuwar ilimi, musamman yaɗa ilimi kan ayyukan sararin samaniya da dukkan fannoni na kimiyya da suka shafi irin waɗannan ayyukan, da kuma ƙarfafa sha'awar jama'a a ciki". [ an yi ambato ] An bayyana wannan manufar a shafin yanar gizon ASTRA na hukuma, inda ƙungiyar ta bayyana, a shafinta na "Game da ASTRA", cewa tana da manufofi biyu:

 Domin ƙara haɓaka sha'awar jama'a a kowane fanni na binciken sararin samaniya da sararin samaniya.
 A yi bincike, muddin dai hakan yana da amfani kuma zai yiwu. 

A shekara ta 2006, Hukumar Kula da Lamuni ta Ƙasa ta Burtaniya ta amince ta ɗauki nauyin wani aikin wayar da kan jama'a na ASTRA wanda ke neman jawo hankalin makarantu, ko kowace ƙungiya ta gwamnati, na tsawon watanni 3 kan batun ilmin taurari, ba tare da wani kuɗi ga wanda ya karɓa ba. ASTRA ta yi amfani da manhajar Scotland a matsayin tsarin aikin ilimi kuma ta mai da hankali kan manufar "Duniya & Sararin Samaniya". Yawancin makarantun firamare a Arewacin Lanarkshire ne suka sami damar shiga aikin kuma Hukumar Kula da Lamuni ta Ƙasa ta sake ba da kuɗin shirin a shekara mai zuwa a shekara ta 2007.

 Waverider 
Motar sake shiga Waverider, wacce aka gina ta da makami mai linzami na Blue Streak, Farfesa Terence Nonweiler na Jami'ar Queen's Belfast ne ya ƙirƙiro ta, kuma an yi niyya ne ta zama jirgin sama mai ɗauke da ma'aikata a shirin sararin samaniya na Birtaniya . Gwamnatin Macmillan ta soke shirin, amma aikin kan Waverider ya ci gaba a Royal Aircraft Establishment, Farnborough. — musamman don tabbatar da yuwuwar Waverider a matsayin jirgin sama na Mach 6. A wannan lokacin (1960–1965) an gwada aƙalla Waverider ɗaya a Woomera Test Range . Akwai jita-jita cewa an kuma gudanar da gwaje-gwajen jiragen sama kyauta a wannan lokacin. An yi gwaje-gwajen harsasai na X da Y-winged (a zahiri, uku ko huɗu Waveriders da aka ɗora a baya-baya) da suka shafi Waverider a Cibiyar Bincike ta Ames ta NASA. 

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