British rocket development
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Some archive footage to show what we were once capable of (watch in sequence, 3 parts), and then our Government let us down.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VVg_RMMQ4Jg&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5kekm7_rLa0&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NBRgdhgakKE&feature=relatedFrom the above, to this:
Amusing, but rather sad, and typical of the UK.
Kind regards,
Bob -
I wanted that car.

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Nice little documentary. I will have to "give it a go" when I get home. watch the whole thing ya know. couldn't they have gotten a different narrator than the Archbishop from Princess Bride?
I don't feel too bad for British Technology. . .you guys gave us James Bond and Q Branch!


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@unknownuser said:
I don't feel too bad for British Technology. . .you guys gave us James Bond and Q Branch!

I'll second that.
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There is still hope:
note the chaps reference to 'political will' near the end of the presentation.
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