But that doesn’t mean we have zero space industry; Cornwall and just outside of London is host to a good number of space companies that produce satellites and other space hardware.
But as exciting as that is, it doesn’t capture the public’s imagination which is disappointing when we had a filmmaker like Gerry Anderson who created iconic TV shows and films like Thunderbirds, Captain Scarlet, Stingray, Joe 90, Fireball XL5, and Space 1999.
But hopefully Scotland’s Spaceport will invigorate the industry here when they manage to Caber Toss a rocket into orbit.
I can’t comment on why they failed because I don’t know enough about the launch method’s pros and cons.
But we British seem to have a bit of a jinxed history when it comes to rockets.
But that doesn’t mean we have zero space industry; Cornwall and just outside of London is host to a good number of space companies that produce satellites and other space hardware.
But as exciting as that is, it doesn’t capture the public’s imagination which is disappointing when we had a filmmaker like Gerry Anderson who created iconic TV shows and films like Thunderbirds, Captain Scarlet, Stingray, Joe 90, Fireball XL5, and Space 1999.
But hopefully Scotland’s Spaceport will invigorate the industry here when they manage to Caber Toss a rocket into orbit.