An american space was planned to develop a global Monitoring System to track objects up to 35 kilometres from earth the powerful Radar Stations established in the us, uk and australia. 3500 kilometres. Jonathan beale reports. The race in space is already underway, notjust for commercial ventures like Virgin Galactic with its recent maiden voyage, but for nations as well. Mission control three, two, we have ignition. Last year the us military launched another ten satellites into space. America also now has its own Space Force not least to protect The Systems we now all use, such as gps location. There are threats in space. Id say the two countries that are most threatening are china and russia. There have been anti satellite missiles that have been developed. America already has early warning systems to detect ballistic missiles, including the Fylingdales Radar in north yorkshire. Now the us wants to build a new Radar System for Deep Space, and one of the new sites could be in the uk. What could end up in the uk is array of parabolic antennas. And it could be anywhere from 10 15 for tracking and potentially 4 6 for transmitting. So it would cover a large area, would it . It would cover a large area to receive, so probably an area of one kilometre in diameter. The Deep Space advanced Radar Capability, which will be able to detect an object the size of a football up to 36,000 kilometres away, is being developed here in california. One of the sites visited by the british Defence Secretary this week, who wants to strengthen cooperation on space, not least to protect critical national infrastructure. Space is a growing domain for both commerce, but also to protect all the key national infrastructure that we need to in todays world. It is under threat in some areas, our adversaries are weaponising space, so we have to make sure at the very least we are providing resilience. The locations of the Deep Space Radar Capability or dark for short have still to be agreed. But one of the sites being considered by the us Space Force is in the south of england or scotland, as well as in texas and australia. It may prove controversial but the government has made clear it wants britain to be in the vanguard of efforts to keep space safe. Jonathan beale, bbc news. Now on bbc news, click. 0n the weekend of the british grand prix, were at silverstone for a race with a difference. We go back in time to show off some electrifying classics. And im at Goodwood Race circuit to see if i can drive round this historic track using just my head. Silverstone is the home of british motorsports and im here at the Britcar Championship. But this is a race with a difference as one team is made up entirely of drivers who have some form of disability. But thanks to a bit of technology, they have serious hopes of taking home the silverware. More on that in a few minutes, but wheres spencer . I said silverstone are you lost . No, ive had an invitation that i could not refuse from another Race Outfit here at goodwood. Now, weve got the whole circuit to ourselves today so im going to be on this track later, putting some brand new assistive tech to the test. At racing speeds just dont go breaking anything. Ill try not to. Here in silverstone, things are busier and noisier and thats because everyone here is racing for real, and thats because everyone here is racing for real and weve been invited into Team Brits garage. So paul is over there having a nose about and hopefully can tell us more. Nosing about is what i do best. And here at the home of british Motor Racing in silverstone, theres certainly lots to see. But specifically, im here to meet Team Brit a competitive Motorsport Team with a difference. Theyre made up of six disabled drivers using bespoke, specially adapted cars to compete in races against non disabled drivers on a level playing field. My visit came during testing ahead of the latest round of the Britcar Championship. Aaron morgan is one of Team Brits two drivers in the endurance event, driving an Aston Martin gtii. Aaron became a Wheelchair User in 2006 following a motocross accident. The disabled drivers on the Team Use Control systems developed by engineers in house. These are completely sort of bespoke, completely developed from The Ground Up by Team Brit. They, and the other engineers within the team said, right, weve got this problem. This is what we need to achieve and this is the solution they come up with, and its by far the best in the world. The control� s linked to a system of actuators and sophisticated electronic systems to drive the vehicles. So aaron, can you just explain to me a little bit about how the Hand Controls work and how you use them to drive the car . Yeah, of course. So, with the accelerator, you just pull this paddle here and obviously, you know, theres various levels of throttle you can apply there. 0n the other side is the Brake Paddle which works in exactly the same way, so you can modulate it. And then these grey buttons inside the Steering Wheel operate the gears. Now, the way the cars Set Up, you have the Up Shift on the left side, so while youre on Full Throttle with your right hand, youve then got your left hand to change the gears, and then its Vice Versa for braking as well. So while youre braking with your left hand, you can go down the gears with your right hand. The key thing about these controls is that theyre designed to be used by drivers with a range of impairments. These could be driven by someone with only the use of one arm, for example. Aarons Team Mate in this event is autistic and the car remains drivable by him in the usual way as the adaptations coexist alongside the regular controls. Hand controls per se arent new i use them to drive my car but these are quite different to what you might find on a Road Car as theyre tuned for a racing environment. But a Racing Team is more than just the drivers and building systems like this into already finely tuned machines isnt a straightforward process. And so, you obviously work with different iterations of these controls. How does that Process Work and how did you get to where you are now . Well, first of all, we start with looking at the drivers and seeing what their needs are, you know . What their disabilities and what physical limitations theyve then got. And then we start, from there, with the ergonomics of the Control System that were designing and by that, i mean the paddles that are on the Steering Wheel. And when we started designing this, we started with a very different Steering Wheel to the one weve got now, so were constantly improving it and developing it, based on driver feedback. Definitely challenges there and a lot of thats integrating our system with the car system. Cars arent particularly good at tolerating other things being added into the network. And so, we do have that challenge but we love it, you know . Its part of what we do and its why we do it. Team brits ultimate aim is to make Racing History and take a team to the world famous Le Mans 24 hour endurance race, becoming the first ever british all disabled team to do so. So what are the teams goals for this year . The aim for this season is to win the britcar Endurance Championship within our class. Were well up there in the Championship Weve achieved two class wins so far this season. Hoping for another one here this weekend at silverstone. Paul there with a look at the tech. And im joined by lucy sheehan, one of the professionals behind Team Brit. Why is today so important . Todays so important. Todays about getting ready for the racing, and that is what we have to do so well. We are not here to make up the numbers. Were competing against able bodied racers on a completely level playing field, so the tech has to be right, the current Set Up has to be right. Drivers have to be comfortable. Weve taken home the silverware in all three races so far this year, and we want to do it again this weekend. Wow, weve seen what great access the company gives to people with some driving experience, but how about for anyone with a disability . How accessible it is this, really . There are loads of different ways they can get involved, and we can help them, so from karting, real grassroots motorsport, through to track day experiences that we can offer them where they practice on the simulatorfirst. We give them help and support to get used to our hand control technology, then they get out on the track. So its a staged approach and we are there with them all the way, and of course, theres the money as well because motorsport is not cheap. So for a full seasons racing, youre looking at about £15,000 as a starter, which will put a lot of people off. But we help them with that, and there are ways in. So definitely, the door is open in ways that it has never been before. So please, wed love people to get in touch and find out more. Great, just need some skills and sponsorship. Lucy, thank you very much. Right, time now to connect up to Goodwood Race track, where spencer is. Hey, lara, that looked great. Its amazing how the opportunity to race is opening up to more and more people. Where are you exactly . Yeah, funny story. This is a look of Part Amazement and part terror. Im a passenger in a modified Chevrolet Corvette C8 stingray, but its who is driving, and how hes driving, that is blowing my mind. Weve met Sam Schmidt before. Hes a Racing Driver who was paralysed in an accident in 2000, and five years ago, he took us for a ride through Las Vegas in a car that allowed him to drive using just his head and his mouth. So, the steering system, its an Ir Camera System and whichever way you turn your head steers the car. Hell turn his Head Angle into a steering angle. The gas and brake, its a sip and puff system, so we have a tube connected to a pressure sensor. Positive pressure, blowing thats your accelerator pedal. Negative pressure, sipping thats your brake pedal. The Sam Car is legal to drive in the us and sam has a drivers license. And since 2016, The System has been fine tuned so that its now not only safe and responsive enough to drive at road speeds, but at race speeds. 123, 128. 128, wow er. In fact, sam has taken this car up to 201mph. Not today, though. Anyway, the reality is that Operating Equipment without using arms or legs has many more applications than just on the race track. Where i also see this technology being very beneficial is in the workplace. Industrial applications, forklifts, harvesters, trains i mean, its kinda scary but i could operate a train, you know, sitting in my Living Room with this technology so i would really like to see disabled veterans and people of all disabilities have an opportunity to go back to work and, you know, many of them just want to be a productive member of Society And Havent been given the opportunity or the technology to do it. Can i just say, that was incredible. You are just incredible. I think really you should try the car from over here with my controls. 0k. Im happy to do that, but not at that speed. Well, this is a first. What an honour. What a thrill what a potential humiliation to drive the car, youre gonna point your nose where you wanna go. Dont lean leanings not gonna work you actually have to rotate your head. Wow. Ready to give it a shot . Im ready to give it a shot. Im just gonna let it go, and then start puffing. And heres the thing from pretty much the start of the first lap, i get it. It does take a lot of concentration but as long as i stay focused, sams car looks after me. Well, how was it . Are you gonna take myjob away . Uh, haha, that was pretty emotionalfor me because actually, it wasnt as hard as i thought it was going to be. And so, it kinda shows how this kind of Control System could be used by ordinary people who arent mad Racing Drivers. I need a few more laps. Honestly, that was incredible but also really hard, im actually a much better driver than that with normal controls, i promise you. I think thats a challenge, then. Why dont you do a lap with the normal controls, ill use my controls, well see whos faster. Umm. Can i phone a friend . 0h, hi. Hey, lara, so, yeah, its me. Sams just challenged me to do a lap of the track me using standard controls and sam using his controls to see whos fastest. What do you think . My moneys on him. He is a Race Car Driver you do know that . Yes, i am aware of that. Thank you. Wish me luck. Good luck. And dont break anything you said that last time. Were here at the Britcar Championship while spencer is getting ready for the race of his life down in goodwood, and well be catching up with him injust a bit. In a moment, we want to talk Space Tech and show you the secret life of a Lab Technician at mit, but right now were not leaving track side. Its kind of over there. Jens there somewhere, taking a look at a local company thats transforming old cars. And it has a bit of a famous fan. Im also here at silverstone. Were about to go into the Lunaz Workshop where theyre Re Engineering Classic Cars into electric cars. Its incredible in here. There are so many beautiful cars. Lunaz is making the worlds first fully electric Rolls Royces and bentleys. There are about 18 Classic Cars in the building, most dating from the 1960s. John hilton is the technical lead here. He was an Aeronautical Engineer at Rolls Royce before moving into formula 1. Among a long list of accomplishments, he was a technical lead for michael schumacher� s 1994 world championship win. What do you actually do . Youre converting this car into an electric vehicle . This car has a Petrol Engine in today. Well be removing the engine, the gear box, the fuel system, the Exhaust System and all the things that make the engine work, and replacing theirs with a brand new electric powertrain. The full renovation of the car takes about 26 weeks, and for Rolls Royces and bentleys the cost of the work starts at about £350,000. It would be very much more expensive if you want to start with a car like this. How much would this Car Cost to buy . The Petrol Versions of this are regularly going for about 350,000. So 700,000 once youre done . Yep. Yes, we have a number of other cars here. This is a big Rolls Royce phantom 5 the bumblebee, as we call it colloquially. Theyre very rare. In fact, its the only one ive ever seen. How much would that cost . Not far off £1 million. This was in a James Bond movie. Wow. These are absolutely incredible vehicles, and this Rolls Royce is from 1960. The craftsmanship within this Building Isjust incredible. Its across the board, people that want a electric Rolls Royce, or its people that have an absolute love for the classics and never wanted to go down that usabilityjourney and the drivability of these vehicles. 0ne Investor is former England Football Star david beckham. He has taken a 10 stake in the company. And its notjust the Classic Cars that are getting a new lease on life. This Recycling Lorry would have to be decommissioned in 2025 because of its Diesel Engine and now its being fitted with an electric motor. Youve got Two Billion vehicles on this planet. Were doing a transition to ev. We cannot look at scrapping these vehicles. Theres vehicles are in great condition. That is a perfect candidate to be re engineered for an ev future. We are looking at all classes where we think Re Engineering is a better choice. Its so embedded into us. And range rovers are being made over t0o. They are famous for their Off Road capability. We are maintaining that so they are still forward drive. They will still climb steep sales and all those things range rovers can do. It will be fast. Much faster than standard. We are building this with 375 horsepower, electric. 220 or so. And a smooth and quiet. And a good range. We are expecting more than 200 miles. The absolute key here is we are moving to a clean air quality future, and i think we all saw it in this past year, is a fantastic shift that we are now making and we should all be playing our part within that. As you see vehicles move away from diesel and petrol, the world is going to be a better place. Hi, My Name is paula do vale pereira. My Masters Receipt is right there. Welcome to the Star Lab. Here we build Shoe Box sized satellites called cubesat. They cost a fraction of traditional satellites so we can launch many more satellites into space, collecting a lot more data. That allows us to track Global Warming and interplanetary life more accurately. These networks could also bring a wider spread, faster Internet Coverage across the world. Some cubesats now use superfast Communication Lasers to interact with each other. These Liquid Filled Lenses bend light by 90 degrees so the Information Sent can travel more directly between cubesats. Of course, lasers need power to operate, which is why we built another solution. This project is called flaps the folded lightweight actuated positioning system. This hinge bends when heated, so we can angle our satellites� solar panels to collect maximum energy from The Sun. This joint can also direct tools like antennas or cameras. Materials often behave differently in space, so i tested this in zero gravity. Planes like this recreate the weightless atmosphere of space by dropping several miles in altitude in a matter of seconds. This is a replica of demi, a Star Labs cubesat that is already in space. Demis mirrors reflect distracting, unwanted light away, giving scientists a better look at far away planets. The demis tracked by our Rooftop Antenna so we can see when its closest to boston to send comments or collect data from it. We could find life outside our planet for the first time in the next few decades. Our goal now is to have new Star Lab satellites launched every couple of years. Thank you so much forjoining us in our Lab Tour today. Earlier on, i met Sam Schmidt, who took me for a few laps at goodwood. Hitting 128mph using just his head and his mouth. Now he has challenged me to do a faster lap than him, me with conventional controls at him with his controls. If this goes wrong, make sure they edit it kindly. Ive spoken to some of the team here and they say, you know the black stuff on the track, stay on that. Thanks. All right, wish luck. See, in my mind this isnt a foregone conclusion. In some ways, i have an advantage. I know this circuit and im using the same controls that i have for my entire adult life. All right. Hi. Well, howd i do . 1. 50. Is that good . Respectable. Laughter so lets see if sam can beat my Flying Lap of 1. 50. Well, the very best of luck, sir. Confident . Dont really need it, but 0k. Laughter i mean, its honest so. You know that bit about it not being a foregone conclusion . Yeah, i dont stand a chance. Right back at the first meeting we knew it was going to take months, we knew it was going to take a lot of commitment from the engineers, resources from arrow and my time, and they thought it was funny after an hour i said, look guys, im very interested but not unless we can do 100mph. Spencer laughs you know . You won. Congratulations, 1. 45. I mean, there was kind of no contest, really, was it. How do you feel being able to do this . You know, its so. I guess the best word i can use is freedom. You know, just. Im in total control and theres very few things in my life that i have control over, you know, and to be able to steer and Gas And Brakejust like the old days. Sam, thanks for being so inspiring. Ive gotta make a call now and let someone know how i did. Thanks, spencer. Uh oh. Hey, lara. Yeah, sam beat me. Not a surprise, really, when you think about it. No, but you did well. How do you feel . I feel inspired, very humble, a bit sick and glad its over. Anyway, ill see you later. That is it for this week. Thank you so much for watching. As ever, you can keep up with the team on social media. Find us on youtube, instagram, Facebook And Twitter bbcclick. Thanks for watching and well see you soon. Hello there. Saturday saw the warmest weather of the year so far in all four nations of the uk. And in northern ireland, whereas you can see it was Beach Weather in county down, temperatures actually broke the all time record. The highest temperature since records began in northern ireland, ballywatticock 31. 2 degrees. But in england, in wales and in scotland, we saw some pretty high temperatures. However, the far north of scotland was much, much cooler, just 13 degrees for parts of shetland, whereas you can see we had a lot of cloud. You can pick that out on the Satellite Picture through saturday afternoon. And that cloud has been pushing a little further south westwards, so starting off sunday morning, rather cloudy and murky for parts of northern ireland. Quite a lot of cloud for scotland, too, with some patchy rain in the far north. The cloud should tend to break up to give some spells of sunshine, although it will stay quite murky for some northern coasts of northern ireland. I think england and wales will see the Lions Share of The Sunshine, and thats where well have the highest temperatures as well. Slightly cooler day for scotland and northern ireland. For england and wales, particularly down towards the south, were looking at highs of 30, possibly 31 degrees in the london area. And The Sun very, very strong at the moment, very high Uv Levels in southern england, parts of wales. The lower levels further north only because well have more in the way of cloud. So, as we head through Sunday Evening and into the early hours of monday, we keep clear spells, especially across england and wales. Still more Cloud At Times Across Scotland and northern ireland, some mist and murk. And it will be another very warm and muggy night. 0vernight lows between 12 17 degrees. So, we start monday with high pressure still in charge, but notice the centre of the high is slipping a little further westwards. That will allow a very gentle North Or North westerly flow of air across the country. And thatll bring just a subtle change in the temperatures, a slightly cooler day for many, a bit more cloud working into North Sea coasts as well. Some cloud for north west scotland, parts of northern ireland, and youll see maybe just the odd shower, the Odd Sharp Shower breaking out across southern areas. Those temperatures a little down, still quite warm in the south. A little Bit Cooler further north. As we look further ahead, there is a lot of dry weather on offer this week. Still some relatively high temperatures. It mayjust start to turn a bit more unsettled by friday. This is bbc news. Im reged ahmad. Our top stories a race against time the search continues for hundreds of people still missing following devastating floods in germany and other european countries. The task of rebuilding this region seems overwhelming. 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