Branson can't get it up

[vetran]

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...all-space.html

Probe begins after Virgin Orbit mission to deploy satellites in space in the first launch of an orbital rocket from the UK ends in failure in devastating blow to Richard Branson

• First-ever orbital space launch in the UK took off from Cornwall on Monday night
• Converted Virgin 747 took off from Newquay Airport with a rocket attached to it
• Mission failed after an 'anomaly' prevented the rocket from reaching orbit
• The rocket was carrying nine small satellites meant for UK defence monitoring
• Some satellites were for businesses such as those in navigational technology

[DoctorStrangelove]

Surely if the government had owt to do with it they'd wait until it had successfully launched something and then cancel it.

Rather than doing wot Grocer Heath did & cancel it before the successful launch of Prospero.


Here you go: the Lipstick Rocket:

https://www.nationalgeographic.co.uk...it-flew-anyway

[d000hg]

Business Secretary Grant Shapps has denied doctoring a picture on his Twitter feed to remove former Prime Minister Boris Johnson.

[mattster]

Not to be too downbeat but this whole episode kind of sums up the UK these days.

[d000hg]

Not to be too downbeat but this whole episode kind of sums up the UK these days.

No not really. Space launches are risky and this was the first launch. Unless you mean the way that they are continuing to work on it and push on with British stiff upper lip, very plucky. They have done a huge amount of work building from the ground up and failed at the very final hurdle.

[ladymuck]

Not to be too downbeat but this whole episode kind of sums up the UK these days.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_o...paceX_launches

https://www.space.com/every-spacex-s...essons-learned

Yeah and I guess all these Space X failures sums up Elon Musk?

[vetran]

No not really. Space launches are risky and this was the first launch. Unless you mean the way that they are continuing to work on it and push on with British stiff upper lip, very plucky. They have done a huge amount of work building from the ground up and failed at the very final hurdle.

Agreed this plane launch is a newish approach but has worked previously. It is more complex than just lighting a rocket and pointing upwards.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LauncherOne

Now if it had crashed and obliterated Cornwall.....

Its our first attempt at spaceflight in the UK we used to use the colonies in case it went wrong!

[vetran]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_o...paceX_launches

https://www.space.com/every-spacex-s...essons-learned

Yeah and I guess all these Space X failures sums up Elon Musk?

don't doubt his Muskiness! He will remove your blue tit!

[SueEllen]

Business Secretary Grant Shapps has denied doctoring a picture on his Twitter feed to remove former Prime Minister Boris Johnson.

Missed your post yesterday but apparently as soon as it was mentioned on a well-known radio presenter's show mid-morning the "doctored" photo disappeared.