Comments on: British startup rocket company wants to recover only satellite launched by UK https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/british-startup-rocket-company-wants-to-recover-only-satellite-launched-by-uk/ Sun, 11 Jul 2021 11:51:58 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: wayne https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/british-startup-rocket-company-wants-to-recover-only-satellite-launched-by-uk/#comment-1152488 Sun, 11 Jul 2021 11:51:58 +0000 https://behindtheblack.com/?p=77213#comment-1152488 “Equinox: A Very British Bomb”
William Penney and the British Atomic Bomb Program
https://youtu.be/Qk_zpjK3cTo
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]]> By: bkivey https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/british-startup-rocket-company-wants-to-recover-only-satellite-launched-by-uk/#comment-1152306 Sun, 11 Jul 2021 00:38:29 +0000 https://behindtheblack.com/?p=77213#comment-1152306 It has always been curious to me, that the British, whom one popular TV presenter claims ‘invented everything’, have been so remarkably absent in spaceflight. If there were a people that could make a mark, the sons and daughters of the British Isles are them. Americans stand on the shoulders of the British, and a great boost that is.

It seems as if the innovative nature of the people is actively thwarted by their own government (Nice observation; Captain Obvious). Why? Is there such a fear of success?

]]> By: wayne https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/british-startup-rocket-company-wants-to-recover-only-satellite-launched-by-uk/#comment-1151954 Fri, 09 Jul 2021 23:29:40 +0000 https://behindtheblack.com/?p=77213#comment-1151954 “Once We Had A Rocket: The Story of Britain’s Satellite Launcher”
https://youtu.be/VVg_RMMQ4Jg
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]]> By: Matt in AZ https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/british-startup-rocket-company-wants-to-recover-only-satellite-launched-by-uk/#comment-1151920 Fri, 09 Jul 2021 20:36:11 +0000 https://behindtheblack.com/?p=77213#comment-1151920 I believe the current plan for Hubble is to deorbit after decommissioning. I would prefer that it would instead be boosted to a higher emptier orbit, to allow for some future recovery.

]]> By: Jay https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/british-startup-rocket-company-wants-to-recover-only-satellite-launched-by-uk/#comment-1151890 Fri, 09 Jul 2021 17:47:07 +0000 https://behindtheblack.com/?p=77213#comment-1151890 Very cool! I always wondered about capturing old satellites to be displayed in the NASM. Vanguard 1 is still in orbit and it was launched in 1958.

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