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Flat Earth Community / Shetland (UK) space centre for satellite launches

« on: February 20, 2020, 08:29:16 AM »

Pesky space centres sending up more balloons!

"Plans to launch a space centre in Shetland have received a £2m investment boost, it has been revealed.  Shetland Space Centre (SSC) said private equity firm Leonne International's financial injection gave it a 20% stake in the business."

I wonder who exactly is funding this and why, if it's complete folly.

For those that don't know, the Shetlands are remote islands in Scotland; "a subarctic archipelago in the Northern Isles of Scotland, situated in the Northern Atlantic, between Great Britain, the Faroe Islands and Norway".

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-north-east-orkney-shetland-51548575

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Technology & Information / Catapult rockets into space

« on: February 06, 2020, 12:00:44 PM »

Wowser.  Don't fancy being the test pilot.

https://www.wired.com/story/inside-spinlaunch-the-space-industrys-best-kept-secret/

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Flat Earth Investigations / UK to Australia & back

« on: February 06, 2020, 11:01:33 AM »

I'm based in the UK.  In April I'll be travelling to Australia.

Depending on your outlook on life, I'll be the other side of the globe or opposite ends of the same side of the coin for a couple of weeks.

Are there any observations I can make that would be in anyway helpful to this forum?  Moon phases, stars, attractiveness of the locals etc

If not, meh, I'll have a BBQ and enjoy my holiday.