Cornwall's First Satellite Launch

[littleyellowbirdie 2,585]

Happening now!

 

[Herman 9,820]

Nothing bloody works anymore.

[Mello Yello 2,302]

"Space the final frontier....to badly go where no man has gone before"....

[Yellow Fever 3,818]

Too many Cornish pasties (or pixies)

[horsefly 4,310]

Why has the Daily Star not headlined: "Virgin couldn't get it up"?

[keelansgrandad 6,679]

Couldn't get tickets, I expect they went to the leading lights and luminaries. However, all we would of seen is an old 747 taking off in the dark. The rocket launch was nearer Ireland than the UK.

I would guess those who have their name down for going into orbit and reaching Australia in an hour are having second thoughts.

[A Load of Squit 5,213]

1 hour ago, keelansgrandad said:

Couldn't get tickets, I expect they went to the leading lights and luminaries. However, all we would of seen is an old 747 taking off in the dark. The rocket launch was nearer Ireland than the UK.

I would guess those who have their name down for going into orbit and reaching Australia in an hour are having second thoughts.

The leading lights and luminaries were all there ........................... or were they?

 

[littleyellowbirdie 2,585]

It'll be interesting to hear what happened. Launcher One had four successful launches in the US before this one. Every satellite launch has major possibilities for failure and many failures happen a year, though.

Hopefully the second attempt comes quickly and is successful.

 

[keelansgrandad 6,679]

1 hour ago, A Load of Squit said:

The leading lights and luminaries were all there ........................... or were they?

 

That explains it. Boris probably lent against a lever or something.

[benchwarmer 625]

The pictures are the wrong way round chronologically.  The one with Boris was taken while he was still PM.  It appears he was airbrushed after the launch went pearshaped.  Distancing himself . . .?

 

[Herman 9,820]

11 minutes ago, benchwarmer said:

The pictures are the wrong way round chronologically.  The one with Boris was taken while he was still PM.  It appears he was airbrushed after the launch went pearshaped.  Distancing himself . . .?

 

Bozo is in the clear for once. Shapps posted the tweet before the rocket went pear shaped.

 

[keelansgrandad 6,679]

1 hour ago, Herman said:

Bozo is in the clear for once. Shapps posted the tweet before the rocket went pear shaped.

 

He thinks Cosmic Girl is part of the Marvel or DC setup.

[benchwarmer 625]

4 hours ago, Herman said:

Bozo is in the clear for once. Shapps posted the tweet before the rocket went pear shaped.

 

Bet Shapps wishes he'd airbrushed himself now . . .

[horsefly 4,310]

7 hours ago, benchwarmer said:

Bet Shapps wishes he'd airbrushed himself now . . .

Apparently he's denied it's him in the photo. He said it's Michael Green or Sebastian Fox, but definitely not himself.

[horsefly 4,310]

Oh well!  There's always a silver lining:

Richard Branson’s wealth drops $100 million after failed Virgin Orbit launch

https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/uknews/richard-branson-s-wealth-drops-100-million-after-failed-virgin-orbit-launch/ar-AA16a3Vy?ocid=msedgntp&cvid=15c6dca4c6eb4c17b0795f43f0bce1a7

[ricardo 7,396]

On 10/01/2023 at 10:29, keelansgrandad said:

 

I would guess those who have their name down for going into orbit and reaching Australia in an hour are having second thoughts.

Does Trelawney know the reason why?

[keelansgrandad 6,679]

26 minutes ago, ricardo said:

Does Trelawney know the reason why?

He was a bit of a dodgy character our Trelawney. He didn't want the Catholics to get their feet under the table again so he and a few of his other Bishops told the King he was wrong. Daft thing to do and he was imprisoned. There was never 20 thousand Cornishmen wanting to know why. They were still busy walking home. The 20 thousand were nearer 15 about 200 years before Trelawney when An Gof (Cornish for blacksmith) protested about taxes.

But in true tradition of yarns, just blur and mix the truth a little and you get the better story. That is how they began politics in this country.

Cornwall Live posted Rocket Fails. Its next headline was Fire in Falmouth. So at least we know where it landed.

[keelansgrandad 6,679]

I forgot to add that we have seen a giant milk bottle leaving the A30 heading to Newquay

[Foxy2600 305]

Hopefully the UK CAA can now extricate its head from its Virgin Orbit Spaceport Cornwall ar$e and get back to its more important work of improving civil aviation in the UK such as passenger experience, comfort and safety. My take on the failure? Four successful launches in sunny Long Beach. One failed Stage 2 ignition - origin Newquay Cornwall in the pis$ing rain.

[ricardo 7,396]

1 hour ago, keelansgrandad said:

He was a bit of a dodgy character our Trelawney. He didn't want the Catholics to get their feet under the table again so he and a few of his other Bishops told the King he was wrong. Daft thing to do and he was imprisoned. There was never 20 thousand Cornishmen wanting to know why. They were still busy walking home. The 20 thousand were nearer 15 about 200 years before Trelawney when An Gof (Cornish for blacksmith) protested about taxes.

But in true tradition of yarns, just blur and mix the truth a little and you get the better story. That is how they began politics in this country.

Cornwall Live posted Rocket Fails. Its next headline was Fire in Falmouth. So at least we know where it landed.

No real damage done then.

[TheGunnShow 5,988]

4 hours ago, keelansgrandad said:

He was a bit of a dodgy character our Trelawney. He didn't want the Catholics to get their feet under the table again so he and a few of his other Bishops told the King he was wrong. Daft thing to do and he was imprisoned. There was never 20 thousand Cornishmen wanting to know why. They were still busy walking home. The 20 thousand were nearer 15 about 200 years before Trelawney when An Gof (Cornish for blacksmith) protested about taxes.

But in true tradition of yarns, just blur and mix the truth a little and you get the better story. That is how they began politics in this country.

Cornwall Live posted Rocket Fails. Its next headline was Fire in Falmouth. So at least we know where it landed.

Still think this was the most amusingly incongruous piece of newspaper editing ever when the Costa Concordia sank...

[keelansgrandad 6,679]

3 hours ago, ricardo said:

No real damage done then.

£10 millions  of improvements😂

[Foxy2600 305]

Seems the operation is packing up and staff furloughed.

[TheGunnShow 5,988]

On 11/01/2023 at 13:49, keelansgrandad said:

He was a bit of a dodgy character our Trelawney. He didn't want the Catholics to get their feet under the table again so he and a few of his other Bishops told the King he was wrong. Daft thing to do and he was imprisoned. There was never 20 thousand Cornishmen wanting to know why. They were still busy walking home. The 20 thousand were nearer 15 about 200 years before Trelawney when An Gof (Cornish for blacksmith) protested about taxes.

But in true tradition of yarns, just blur and mix the truth a little and you get the better story. That is how they began politics in this country.

Cornwall Live posted Rocket Fails. Its next headline was Fire in Falmouth. So at least we know where it landed.

If An Gof is Cornish for "blacksmith", then would Van Gof be Cornish for "hearing aid"? ;)

[keelansgrandad 6,679]

8 minutes ago, TheGunnShow said:

If An Gof is Cornish for "blacksmith", then would Van Gof be Cornish for "hearing aid"? 😉

Pardon?

[keelansgrandad 6,679]

2 hours ago, Foxy2600 said:

Seems the operation is packing up and staff furloughed.

Why not borrow from Virgin Money?

[TheGunnShow 5,988]

3 minutes ago, keelansgrandad said:

Pardon?

Can't ear you.

[keelansgrandad 6,679]

Just now, TheGunnShow said:

Can't ear you.

How many times do I have to repeat myself, its half past three.

[littleyellowbirdie 2,585]

Good to see that it doesn't all hinge on Virgin; there has been an announcement for horizontal launch activity in Prestwick in the last few hours by a different partnership.

https://news.satnews.com/2023/03/20/spirit-aerosystems-and-astraius-to-boost-uk-horizontal-launch-ambitions/

[keelansgrandad 6,679]

2 hours ago, littleyellowbirdie said:

Good to see that it doesn't all hinge on Virgin; there has been an announcement for horizontal launch activity in Prestwick in the last few hours by a different partnership.

https://news.satnews.com/2023/03/20/spirit-aerosystems-and-astraius-to-boost-uk-horizontal-launch-ambitions/

Yes, this is going to be different to the Cornwall project as the airport is known as fog free whereas Newquay is susceptible to weather and fog.