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Quote: sootyj @ April 17 2010, 8:42 PM BSTYeh that whole period in the 50s when we still thought we were a big player
It was launched in the 70s.
Quote: DaButt @ April 17 2010, 8:41 PM BSTI just learned something new from Wikipedia: the United Kingdom is the only country to have successfully developed and then abandoned a satellite launch capability.
When was it abandoned?
Quote: Aaron @ April 17 2010, 8:52 PM BSTWhen was it abandoned?
1971. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Arrow
I watched a few minutes of a documentary about Black Arrow on YouTube. Interesting stuff.
Quote: DaButt @ April 17 2010, 8:41 PM BSTThe UK is the only country to have successfully developed and then abandoned a satellite launch capability.
Yes, because it was only after they developed a system to launch satellites that someone bothered to ask: "How much do satellites cost, anyway?"
Apparently the Concorde project was so damned expensive that a lot of other hugely important things got left behind. Maybe our obsolete supersonic status symbol was a huge mistake.
Quote: DaButt @ April 17 2010, 8:54 PM BST1971. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Arrow
I watched a few minutes of a documentary about Black Arrow on YouTube. Interesting stuff.
I won't pretend to understand it, but a little interesting nonetheless.
Billwill has been to "Forbidden Planet" and bought 5 SF books which fearure Dragons.
Including the latest Todd McCaffrey: "DragonHeart".
Quote: zooo @ April 17 2010, 7:22 PM BSTI hate the ones who make up some elaborate story, pretending not to be a beggar.
Really annoying, because you can't tell the people in REAL trouble from these scammers.
The sensible solution is to only ever donate to real charities.
Speaking of rockets, this is a cool video of a Russian launch going terribly wrong. The observers on the ground got quite a fright.
Quote: DaButt @ April 18 2010, 12:54 AM BSTSpeaking of rockets, this is a cool video of a Russian launch going terribly wrong. The observers on the ground got quite a fright.
The milk bottle must have been crooked !
Flipping heck!!
That's amazing. And kind of funny the way they reacted.
Although presumably there were people in the rocket? Or was it unmanned?
Quote: zooo @ April 18 2010, 1:22 AM BSTAlthough presumably there were people in the rocket.
No, it was a satellite launch. The people in the video were scientists watching their "baby" head off to space.
Oops, edited it before I read your reply!
Quote: DaButt @ April 18 2010, 1:26 AM BSTNo, it was a satellite launch. The people in the video were scientists watching their "baby" head off to space.
Aw, bless 'em.
You've got me rocket-crash searching now.
This one's bad. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8_EnrVf9u8s