The Belfast Telegraph reports on the Spaceflight Bill, proposed legislation that is to be put before Parliament this week.
The government issued a statement on the proposed legislation. According to the statement, Britain could build space-ports on its own territory "by 2020."
Whether the launch facilities would be on the home islands, in the British Overseas Territories (which include islands in the Caribbean such as Montserrat), or both was unclear to the submitter.
[What, if any, advantages are there for launching from Britain vs a location in the Caribbean? -Ed.]
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday February 21 2017, @10:44AM
Northern Scotland: Bad (from the English perspective) if Scotland decides to leave UK. Because then it won't be domestic any longer.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday February 21 2017, @07:57PM
Similar deal for UK's remote colonial possessions.
Consider the USSR (often erroneously referred to as "Russia" back in the day) and how they put their Baikonur Cosmodrome in the non-Russian republic of what is now Kazakhstan (nuclear-tipped missiles too).
When they actually were Russia again, that country had assets spread out in what were now other sovereign nations.
Is the UK going to mount a war every time a place declares that it is now not a British colonial possession?
How much did the Falklands/Malvinas escapade suck out of the exchequer?
...not to mention the bodies that came home in a box.
The thing about empires is that, in time, they all fall apart.
...and, as AC #469639 has noted, when you include Scotland, you're now talking about Great Britain, not UK.
-- OriginalOwner_ [soylentnews.org]
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday February 22 2017, @01:34PM
To leave your partner, you don't need to have been part of that partner.