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Space Launches from British Territory to be Proposed

posted by martyb on Tuesday February 21 2017, @09:44AM   
from the giving-launches-a-lift dept.

butthurt writes:

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.]

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• Re:Britain Re:Britain (Score: 4, Funny) by theluggage on Tuesday February 21 2017, @03:32PM

  by theluggage (1797) on Tuesday February 21 2017, @03:32PM (#469714)

  Wikipedia explains it all [wikipedia.org] including a helpful cut-out-and-keep* diagram [wikipedia.org] that says it all.

  *but don't print it out on expensive paper, because all bets are off post-Brexit...

  I wonder if it offends a Cornishman to be called British?

  ...probably, but it comes pretty far down the list c.f. spreading the jam and cream on your scone in the wrong order, calling anything made east of the Tamar a "Cornish Pasty" or suggesting that their ancestors had a relaxed attitude to customs & excise and might occasionally, accidentally, have left misleading lights on rocky coasts to ensure a supply of "salvage"...

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• Re:Britain (Score: 1) by moondoctor on Wednesday February 22 2017, @08:41AM

  by moondoctor (2963) on Wednesday February 22 2017, @08:41AM (#470060)

  Thanks, that's awesome. That chart is hilarious...

  Simple, eh?

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