英国太空署优先关注的领域包括：空间技术方面的科技进步，通过太空飞船的对地观察更好地了解我们的星球，以及培养英国下一代的空间科学家和研究人员。

英国政府大学与科学大臣大卫•维莱茨说：“英国的空间产业价值约为75亿英镑，是推动经济增长的重要因素。英国宇航署的成立体现了英国对这一领域的重视，并把我们空间科学领域的精英聚集在一起。这将使我们能够集中精力进行空间科学和卫星技术进步方面的研究，并且最终使我们更好地了解我们的星球。”

He will have responsibility for a large core of nationally funded science, including astronomy.

His group for example is charged with implementing Australia's part of the Square Kilometre Array, one of the grand global scientific projects of the 21st Century.

Ruy Pinto, the chairman of UKspace, the industry trade body, said....

"His successor will be faced with the challenge of building on this platform, and through continued close work with the space industry, to develop a national space policy and accelerate growth of this dynamic sector to meet the aggressive economic targets agreed with government and identified in the Space Innovation and Growth Strategy Report of 2010, to create 100,000 new jobs and a ￡40bn industry by 2030," he told BBC News.