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[=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/magazine/3388535.stm]BBC Article
*I learned a lot from this very informative article (haven't been well acquainted with British space exploration history). It discusses the launch of the Black Arrow rocket in 1971 (from Australia); the Prospero satellite (whose tape recorders quit working in 1973 and which was "switched off" 10 years ago, but yet it continues to emit a signal...apparently amateur satellite trackers are staying on Prospero and a signal was heard as late as 2000 -- it is speculated Prospero may have switched back on due to its being solar powered); the development of the Concorde eating up space program funds (<frown>).
There's a cautionary note in the article as well.
--Cindy
We all know [i]those[/i] Venusians: Doing their hair in shock waves, smoking electrical coronas, wearing Van Allen belts and resting their tiny elbows on a Geiger counter...
--John Sladek (The New Apocrypha)
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