The lure of commercial riches in space is spurring a variety of plans to help launch all the components necessary for a fully functioning orbital economy.
The latest to enter this private-sector race is the U.K., which announced Monday that it plans to construct the nation's first commercial vertical launch spaceport in northern Scotland. Lockheed Martin Corp. was awarded $31 million for two U.K. projects: Establishing vertical launch operations in Sutherland and a development program slated for Reading to deploy a new "delivery vehicle" to deploy as many as six small satellites.
Is it the second coming of the Space Race?
(Score: 2) by turgid on Wednesday July 18 2018, @09:08PM
Correct. But you must surely appreciate that it is running out of legs upon which to stand.
I refuse to engage in a battle of wits with an unarmed opponent [wikipedia.org].