Cornish Space launch

[Vladd67]

Countdown to UK's first space launch that could happen on October 29

Virgin Orbit's Cosmic Girl plane will take off from Newquay with a 70-foot-long rocket packed full of satellites, which will then be flown to high altitude, dropped, and ignited before flying into space.

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Check out the comments for the small minded defeatist luddites. With questions such as how many homes could the fuel wasted on this heat and complaints about rockets tearing a hole in the atmosphere and letting the air leak out I really despair at times. (I do hope the air leak was a joke.)
Of course this is nothing compared to Cornwall's warp drive programme using anti pasti as a fuel. (Sorry)

 

[Danny McG]

rockets tearing a hole in the atmosphere and letting the air leak out I really despair at times

Some old bloke who lives nearby was complaining to me during our summer heatwave "Our weather's never been right since they sent that first rocket to the moon"
(I had to keep my poker face on because he was dead serious)

 

[Toby Frost]

This 'ere be the five-year voyage of the Starship Penzance, its mission to go dreckly where there ain't no feller's been gone before.

Sounds quite exciting!

 

[Foxbat]

Cornish pasty in space

Watch kids fire a Cornish pasty into space

That's one small step for man, one giant leap for pasties

www.cornwalllive.com

 

[tinkerdan]

Not meaning disrespect, however the title brought to mind a cannon, loaded with Cornish hen, pointed into space, ready to launch.

 

[Harpo]

Without searching for appropriate links, I merely hint in the direction of Pirates Of Penzance being staged on the USS Enterprise in one of the Star Trek films.
Not otherwise remotely relevant, but hey.

 

[Serendipity]

I hear they are about to re-open a treacle mine in Cornwall (Not sure where, the Cornish are very secretive about their treasures). There's a special vein down there that does a special type of treacle that can stretch out so thin. The plan is to use this treacle to build a space elevator off Penzance. Seems like the Cornish want to view the space launches from an unusual angle!

Anyone got any info on this project?

 

[Ambrose]

Shetland will be safer.

 

[Foxbat]

The rocket has been delivered and not a pasty in sight

RAF C-17 delivers rocket ahead of first UK space launch

The space launch, from a converted Boeing 747 taking off from Cornwall, is on track for next month.

ukdefencejournal.org.uk

 

[Ambrose]

Shetland will be safer.

Much. I believe the Cornwall launch is horizontal from a carrier plane. Where will it release its load? Where are the limits of the Cornwall spaceport range??

 

[CupofJoe]

The UK is about to have its first space launch – but Cornwall is unlikely to become a new Cape Canaveral

With the arrival of Cosmic Girl in Cornwall, the UK is preparing for its first rocket launch.

theconversation.com