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A Grand Day Out For British Rocketman

Posted by timothy on from the low-grav-high-tea dept.

Instine writes "Salford University, in the UK, is showing an article suggesting that Britain's biggest ever rocket has been unveiled, by an academic planning a space tourism offering by 2013. 'Nova 2 qualifies as the biggest rocket ever created and flown from the UK mainland,' says Steve Bennett, Head of Salford's Space Technology Laboratory The current offering is said to amount to 20 minutes 'flight' and 3-4 mins floating. I'm not sure how much, but I'd pay for that."

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  1. Well.. by Peter_The_Linux_Nerd · · Score: 5, Funny

    It might the biggest but it's not the best, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NwIhEDq6tdY

  2. Re:Biggest ever? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    I suspect that the average tourist is fatter than the average astronaut

  3. Superhuman children? by MjDelves · · Score: 5, Funny
    From the article: "Steve Bennett who heads up the University's Space Technology Laboratory, will be presenting his 58ft Nova 2 rocket at the University and will discuss how his company, Starchaser Industries plans to launch it in September 2009 with the help of school pupils from across the UK. "

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    How many kids does it take to reach escape velocity??

    1. Re:Superhuman children? by CmdrGravy · · Score: 5, Funny

      You lived in Mosside and you actually went to school ! You must have taken some beatings for that.

  4. Obligatory Nick Park Comment by stokessd · · Score: 5, Funny

    The FUSE Grommet, you forgot to light the fuse!!!

  5. Re:Umm...what's the point..... by Jellybob · · Score: 4, Funny

    You could use British Rail, but it'll cost you as much to get to Manchester as it does to get you into space.