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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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(Score: 1) by butthurt on Tuesday February 21 2017, @06:31PM
As massa tried to point out, what C R Johnson meant in #469634 was probably:
The downside is that it takes a lot more energy to get to orbit [than] if you launch close to the equator.