Posted on 06/25/2012 4:53:49 PM PDT by KevinDavis
Back in 1962, a NASA rocket blasted off from Cape Canaveral carrying the first satellite designed and built by British scientists.
The launch made Britain the third nation ever to put a satellite into space. Over the following years, four home-grown Black Arrow rockets would take British payloads into orbit.
(Excerpt) Read more at thisismoney.co.uk ...
The Brits loved our space program.
James May on Top Gear got all teary eyed driving the newest moon rover that ain’t going anywhere.
I did too... I wonder how our founding fathers feel that the Brits has to depend on us now??
maybe they could put the first mosque in space
Most of Britain’s satellite’s are launched from French Arianne rockets in French Guyana...
Most of Britain’s satellite’s are launched from French Arianne rockets in French Guyana...
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