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The British Are Building a Spaceport

posted by Fnord666 on Tuesday July 17 2018, @09:29PM   Printer-friendly
from the to-infinity-and-beyond dept.

Phoenix666 writes:

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?

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday July 17 2018, @09:53PM (8 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday July 17 2018, @09:53PM (#708533)

    You know who would be perfect at patting down passengers, and protecting the space craft? The new US Space Force!

  • (Score: -1, Troll) by Sulla on Tuesday July 17 2018, @10:01PM (4 children)

    by Sulla (5173) on Tuesday July 17 2018, @10:01PM (#708535) Journal

    Thats the "Space Force started by Donald J. Trump" to you. When it actually means something in 50 years I'm going to tell my grandkids it was started by Donald J. Trump. You can never take that away from him. Even if we get rid of it and bring it back, first started by DJT.

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    • (Score: 2, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday July 17 2018, @11:08PM (1 child)

      by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday July 17 2018, @11:08PM (#708566)

      I saved this comment. When then next person who is not trumpf is president, I will repost it and time how long it takes you to label it as trolling.

      • (Score: 1) by Sulla on Wednesday July 18 2018, @02:25AM

        by Sulla (5173) on Wednesday July 18 2018, @02:25AM (#708624) Journal

        I wouldn't bother. I don't downmod people. Plus if you put another person's name in there instead of Trump thats just saying things that are incorrect rather than lying. Obama has things he gets credit for too, like getting us involved in helping the Saudis bomb Yemen and funding terrorists in Syria. He gets to claim credit for the ACA for better or worse.

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    • (Score: 1, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday July 18 2018, @01:06AM

      by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday July 18 2018, @01:06AM (#708601)

      "Space Force" is how he fits into his golf-cart.

    • (Score: 3, Funny) by driverless on Wednesday July 18 2018, @07:53AM

      by driverless (4770) on Wednesday July 18 2018, @07:53AM (#708700)

      Thats the "Space Force started by Donald J. Trump" to you.

      Or "Spaceballs" for short. "No sir I did not see you playing with your tiny hands again!".

  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday July 17 2018, @10:03PM (2 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday July 17 2018, @10:03PM (#708537)

    Don't mock space force 5
    I'll bet you a signed dollar they are more effective than the english
    also Scotland is almost as far away from equator as possible