The Monday Interview: Lord Rees of Ludlow: 'I hope that space travel will become cheaper even though it will be riskier'; President of the Royal Society.(News)

From: The Independent (London, England) | Date: January 9, 2006 | Copyright information

Byline: STEVE CONNOR

He is Britain's top scientist. The new president of the Royal Society is also Astronomer Royal, master of Trinity College, Cambridge and renowned cosmologist whose deep thoughts frequently turn to deep space, dark matter and the dawn of creation.

Lord Rees of Ludlow, known to the many readers of his science books as Martin Rees, is also something of a thought-provoking populariser. He believes that a butterfly poses more daunting scientific problems than a star and that the search for extraterrestrial intelligence is well worth the effort.

He has ...

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