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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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* m2 stares at the monitor... it looks like a hamburger...
m2 - that's a bad sign
(Score: 2) by rleigh on Tuesday February 21 2017, @10:59PM
There are also several alternative names for Great Britain (Prydain--modern Welsh), including Brittannia (grande Bretagne--Français) and Albion (derives Alba--Gallic), including spelling variants for all of these! All of these are in widespread use all over the island!