BBCNEWS Click - Short Edition June 4, 2024 20:32:00
The equator the easier it is to get things up to right speed in orbit? that's because that's where the earth is spinning fastest to give you launch an extra wind. and that's where the uk spaceport is way down south in cornwall. yup. and that's why it was there earlier in the year, the virgin orbit attempted the first satellite launch in uk soil. the uk's first functioning spaceport is here in cornwall. we're creating huge clusters of technology. global value of the space economy is somewhere in the region of $360 billion, to the uk it's 60 and half billion pounds. every single year. uk airport...
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