UK back into space...

[PAH]

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.

They must have been very disappointed to apply for a job at Rover, only to discover it had nothing to do with space exploration vehicles.

[TheFaQQer]

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...

According to current Government figures, it's actually about £8.5 million - see the economy is doing great! Nothing to see here, move along, please.

[DimPrawn]

I always feel comforted that Gordon Brown gives £££ millions to India as charity to help the starving, on our behalf, using our tax money, even though India has a Space Programme, Nuclear Weapons and all our IT jobs.

[zeitghost]

It's only fair...

[zeitghost]

I always feel comforted that Gordon Brown gives £££ millions to India as charity to help the starving, on our behalf, using our tax money, even though India has a Space Programme, Nuclear Weapons and all our IT jobs.

Mind you, their thermonuke only managed about 45kt... bit of a squib really.

[PAH]

Mind you, their thermonuke only managed about 45kt... bit of a squib really.

And their space programme and nuclear weapons rockets are combined into one hell of a white-knuckle ride.

[zeitghost]

Thankfully when they get used they'll be a fair way away...