Britain could be home to one of the first UK spaceports outside of America by 2018, with a shortlist of possible sites to be announced this week. The base could act as a hub for commercial space flights, such as those planned by Sir Richard Bransons Virgin Galactic, which will blast would-be astronauts into sub-orbit from the United States for $250,000 (£146,000). The launch pad would rival the futuristic Spaceport America and would open up a route between Britain and space - even before completion of the London-Birmingham high speed rail link or expansion of Heathrow airport. Of the eight possible locations to be revealed at the Farnborough Air Show on Tuesday, six are in Scotland. Whitchurch in Cardiff has not yet been announced but speculation as to why the Post Office move has been announced prior to this has rumours spreading linking the two. No one has commented in this subject yet.
Posted on: Mon, 14 Jul 2014 07:30:51 +0000
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