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Wonderful to have you on the programme and just to say this is pretty exciting quite a moment. it is a piece of history for both uk and for europe. it is actually the first launch from in europe. in the whole history of the space age. i think we are setting a really important benchmark here. we are giving people much more flexible access to space by having launch sites here and adding others such as in shetland and probably several others in the uk to give us huge capability. in others in the uk to give us huge ca abili . , others in the uk to give us huge caabili . , ., ., capability. in term...

Weather for a time — probably quite a lot of dry weather for northern ireland, perhaps further south across england and wales, some dry weather, too. but heavy, blustery showers once again through the english channel, and these brisk southeasterly winds driving into scotland, bringing some really persistent rain to the east of scotland. could be some flooding issues for aberdeenshire, for instance. top temperatures around 10—13 celsius — so fairly typical for the time of year, still relatively mild. it looks like things will turn a touch cooler friday into saturday, but some drier weathe...

Proportionality will be a very important determining principle. after— important determining principle. after what is happening today in the very clear objective of destroying as much of the ukrainian infrastructures they can come of the fact that a lot of these missiles were coming from crimea if, international community need to look at what they are supplying to ukraine, particularly the longer—range missiles which would be able to reach some of these launch sites? i think it is really a no—brainer to give _ i think it is really a no—brainer to give to— i think it is really a no—...

Tell that to the chinese, who are now launching rockets from on board a ship. this giant vessel heads out to the yellow sea, a few kilometres off the coast, providing both innovation and flexibility. translation: there are different launch sites - to choose from for a seaborne launch, making it easier to find a safe area for rocket debris. therefore, it's more convenient than launching from land. it also helps that the launch site is not a fixed point. taking off from different latitudes means you can choose different orbits, which saves costs on fuel. the sea has long been an important part o...

Of thing you have in mind. a big, controlled explosion and tonnes of metal heading into space. but when it comes to slipping the surly bonds of earth, the earth bit has always been a fairly important part of the equation. tell that to the chinese, who are now launching rockets from on board a ship. this giant vessel heads out to the yellow sea, a few kilometres off the coast, providing both innovation and flexibility. translation: there are different launch sites to choose _ from for a seaborne launch, making it easier to find a safe area for rocket debris. therefore, it's more convenient than...