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paulzolo
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A combined air-breathing/rocket fuel aircraft that can get to orbit.  http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-13506289
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belchingmatt
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Now wait patiently for any country other than the UK to put the plans into production.
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If one is diving so close to the limits that +/- 1% will make a difference then the error has already been made.
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adidan
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Please can we have a space programme?
India has one and we give them International Aid. Doesn't seem to make sense in my head.
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l3v1ck
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I think you've just summed up the history of UK technology in the 20th centuary.
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Linux_User
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belchingmatt
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Trident is obviously more necessary. 
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If one is diving so close to the limits that +/- 1% will make a difference then the error has already been made.
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paulzolo
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We should have a bloody city on the Moon by now, and a Martian outpost. Instead we fiddle around with micro satellites and gaze at the Moon with the rosy-tinted spectacles of nostalgia.
We, as a species, are a bloody disgrace when it comes to exploration.
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belchingmatt
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Bloody health & safety! 
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If one is diving so close to the limits that +/- 1% will make a difference then the error has already been made.
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paulzolo
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Yeah. Gone are the days when we would happily strap a few nutters in a bucket, sit it on top of a mahoosive firework and hope that the maths was done properly. 
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mikepgood
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I want one of those!
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Amnesia10
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It looks like something from Thunderbirds, just prior to it needing a rescue mission from International Rescue.  _________________Do concentrate, 007... "You are gifted. Mine is bordering on seven seconds." https://www.dropbox.com/referrals/NTg5MzczNTkhttp://astore.amazon.co.uk/wwwx404couk-21
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HeatherKay
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Didn't we invent something like this 30 years ago? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HOTOL  _________________My Flickr | Snaptophobic BloggageHeather Kay: modelling details that matter. "Let my windows be open to receive new ideas but let me also be strong enough not to be blown away by them." - Mahatma Gandhi.
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paulzolo
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That’s when BAE and Rolls Royce gave a damn about such things.
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adidan
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Indeed. Too much time fighting over oil and territory when we have a bigger problem of being hit by something from space.
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