Episode13: Rockets

You may have seen the report from the British UK Space Exploration
Working Group suggesting that Britain can get two British
Astronauts to the Space station costing less than £75m over 5 years
by commercially engaging the Russian Soyuz program rather than the
annual £60m cost of going with ESA, or indeed developing a British
launch capability. The Astronomer Royal on the other hand insists
that unmanned space research is the way to go. You get a heck of a
lot more science for your money Dave and Leslie Wright from the
British Rocketry Oral History program (BROHP) reminisce about the
early days when Britain had its own launch capability and the UK
Space conference that they host each year. Want to be a rocket
Scientist? Well a new book from a rocket scientist Lucy Rogers may
be a good start. Lucy is also the chairman of the Vectis
Astronomical Society on the isle of Wight. Their website must be
one of the most elaborate. Check it out but .. turn down the volume
on your PC first.