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The Day Bob Showaddiwaddi got it right...
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Good on 'em.
More than the UK has ever done.
You've come right out the other side of the forest of irony and ended up in the desert of wrong.
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Originally posted by zeitghostNonsense.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Arrow
Cancelled by Grocer Heath in his heyday, brief though it might have been.
Prospero is still up there.
But they painted it white and red - FAIL
Anyway. That was when we were a proper World Power.
You've come right out the other side of the forest of irony and ended up in the desert of wrong.
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"See, you think I give a tulip. Wrong. In fact, while you talk, I'm thinking; How can I give less of a tulip? That's why I look interested."Comment
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Originally posted by zeitghostCheapest satellite launch of all time, apparently.
You've come right out the other side of the forest of irony and ended up in the desert of wrong.
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Originally posted by zeitghost View Post
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/7198546.stm
Only fair.Comment
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Originally posted by zeitghostNonsense.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Arrow
Cancelled by Grocer Heath in his heyday, brief though it might have been.
Prospero is still up there.Prior to the cancellation of Black Arrow, NASA had offered to launch British payloads for free; however this offer was withdrawn following the decision to cancel Black Arrow.
As of 2009, the United Kingdom is the only country to have successfully developed and then abandoned a satellite launch capability.Comment
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Atleast Bobs trying it. We've outsouced to americans in 70's for cost reasons. If you aint doing it, you aint good in it.Comment
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Originally posted by zeitghostYes.
That is really rather telling, isn't it?Comment
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