http://www.bbc.co.uk/mediaselector/c...1&nbwm=1&asb=1
Dunno if that works or not...
But the concept of the UK rejoining the space race has me ROTFLMFAO...
One successful satellite launch in 1971...
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/mediaselector/c...1&nbwm=1&asb=1
Dunno if that works or not...
But the concept of the UK rejoining the space race has me ROTFLMFAO...
One successful satellite launch in 1971...
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Though it must be admitted that, in the Best British Tradition, it was powered by steam...
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Capacity Payload to LEO 73 kg????Originally posted by zeitghost View Post
Wtf was that? Threaded's lunch?Comment
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Yea, the last time the UK tried launching a rocket, the milk bottle fell overOriginally posted by zeitghost View PostBut the concept of the UK rejoining the space race has me ROTFLMFAO...
One successful satellite launch in 1971...
IGMC ..Comment
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What do you expect?
Even Branson's been hoodwinked with a giant water rocket, based on one they built out of an old washing up bottle and a subscription to Playschool.
I remember getting one (water rocket) for christmas in the 70s. We used to send it flying over the house, until one day it disappeared. Either it was stuck on the roof, or some thieving scrote had it away before we could run round the back.Feist - 1234. One camera, one take, no editing. Superb. How they did it
Feist - I Feel It All
Feist - The Bad In Each Other (Later With Jools Holland)Comment
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It must be admitted that Black Arrow was astonishingly expensive.
Just imagine launching a satellite (73kg) for the princely sum of £9M...
Allowing for inflation, that's about £110M today...Comment
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Didn't Top Gear nearly launch a REliant Robin into space?Comment
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Originally posted by zeitghost View Post
It would have been cheaper to build a bloody great ladder and walk it into space. In quiet times they could hire it out to mountaineers as practice for Everest.
Better still, use Everest as the staging point for the ladder so the mountaineers can slide down it on the way home.Feist - 1234. One camera, one take, no editing. Superb. How they did it
Feist - I Feel It All
Feist - The Bad In Each Other (Later With Jools Holland)Comment
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When you consider the billions spent on other launch systems, I think that £9M was cheap at twice the price.
You can pull the piss out of the achievements of the engineers who worked on that project, but I doubt that any of us could equal them.
Naturally enough, the bean counters killed it just as it was becoming useful.
It was ever thus.
Prospero is still in orbit.Comment
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