The Day Bob Showaddiwaddi got it right...

[zeitghost]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/8270637.stm

[TimberWolf]

"...help forecast the weather and identify potential fishing zones. "

Bad news day for fish

[bogeyman]

Good on 'em.

More than the UK has ever done.

[bogeyman]

Nonsense.

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.

Black Arrow

But they painted it white and red - FAIL

Anyway. That was when we were a proper World Power.

[Moscow Mule]

The Day Bob Showaddiwaddi got it right...

Bad news day for fish

Since Bob has had a hand in this, I expect some major element to have been overlooked. Therefore:

Good news day for fish...

[bogeyman]

Cheapest satellite launch of all time, apparently.

What did they launch? The 'Prospero' you referred to? What was it?

[DimPrawn]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/8270637.stm

Meanwhile we help the poor.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/7198546.stm

Only fair.

[TimberWolf]

Nonsense.

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Prior to the cancellation of Black Arrow, NASA had offered to launch British payloads for free; however this offer was withdrawn following the decision to cancel Black Arrow.

Owned

As of 2009, the United Kingdom is the only country to have successfully developed and then abandoned a satellite launch capability.

[Joe Bloque]

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.

[TimberWolf]

Yes.

That is really rather telling, isn't it?

Yeah, same with aircraft technology, etc, and we're still at it today with giving away IT.