Page 2 - Space Puzzle News Today : Breaking News, Live Updates & Top Stories | Vimarsana

And one is in an unlikely place in one of the most remote parts of the country. here in unst, one of the shetland islands, where sheep outnumber people and shetland ponies look on. this is the saxavord spaceport, which should see the uk's first ever vertical rocket launch. i think the first response from the locals was probably maybe it was an april fool or something like that. and then just as they've seen the progress and the development since we've been going, there's been real excitement about what we've been doing. but there's a good reason they've chosen the northernmost tip of the uk. s...

But there's a good reason they've chosen the northernmost tip of the uk. so the site was identified five years ago by the government, you know, looking for the uk's capability to launch, which was which is the missing part of the space puzzle. and shetland — we are so far north, no centres of population, you know, and that's the crux of it. it's the safety element for us that what we're doing needs to be as far away as possible from population centres, so that when the rocket leaves, you know, there's no real danger to people nearby. there's a hive of activity at the site to get it space rea...

And one is in an unlikely place in one of the most remote parts of the country. here in unst, one of the shetland islands — where sheep outnumber people and shetland ponies look on. this is the saxavord spaceport, which should see the uk's first ever vertical rocket launch. i think the first response from the locals was probably maybe it was an april fool or something like that. and then just as they've seen the progress and the development since we've been going, there's been real excitement about what we've been doing. but there's a good reason they've chosen the northernmost tip of the uk...