A Little Banter - Thread
- Thread starter Arvind
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Both keys in UK possession. All deterrents have a two key system you clown. This presents one person saying, "whoopsy, it looks like the world ends today."
It's fact not blame. Lots of reports about the state of the Luftwaffe for all aircraft. Not so for RAF, or the Spanish and Italians either.
Reusable launch vehicles make more sense. There is money in them but they require more investment. But seen as you ask.
Four 'spaceports' to be built across UK
Four 'spaceports' to be built across UKObviously, it's the case of finding a launch provider and paying them. As with the case of SSTL & ISRO
You plan to cluster black arrow rockets or something ? .
One giant leap: Vertical launch spaceport to bring UK into new space age
I'm actually going to take you up on that question. Name one Elon Musk venture that's actually made a profit so far? A profit in terms of the company's bottom line, not his pockets.
More hot air... You were daydreaming about this from the 1980s, weren't you ?
You simply don't have the funds or the indicative to do this. While we, with an established space launch capability is already developing VTVL, Winged re-entry & is taking up RBCC technology.
Keep daydreaming though.
What are they planning to launch, sounding rockets ?
The UK Space Agency has selected the first vertical launch site in Sutherland on the north coast of Scotland and is making available a new £2 million fund to boost horizontal spaceport development across Britain, Business Secretary Greg Clark will announce today (Monday 16 July).
Scotland is the best place in the UK to reach in-demand satellite orbits with vertically launched rockets. Initial funding of £2.5 million will go to Highlands and Islands Enterprise to develop the vertical launch site in Sutherland which will use a combination of proven and innovative rocket technologies to pave the way for a world-leading spaceflight market.
"World-leading spaceflight market" indeed.
We don't have the funds to do it? There's some irony in being told this by an Indian. It's you who don't have the funds, you and North Korea, yet you do it anyway. We are responsible with our spending.
You are also missing the fact that this is a public-private venture, with private enterprise providing most of the funds, with some help from the government. We could just let half the nation eat their own shit and die of malnutrition and do it with all public money, but we feel private enterprise with some government assistance is more beneficial in the long term.