News UK Shetland Spaceport

[Notebook]

Hopefully better news to come.

Rocket engine explodes during test at Shetland spaceport

The test was carried out by a German firm who hope to launch the UK's first vertical rocket into orbit.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[jedidia]

Well, "it blows up" is kind of milestone 1 on the roadmap to a new rocket isn't it? At least they didn't have unplanned liftoff like others lately...

 

[Urwumpe]

Oh damn, it was a German one. Rocket Factory Augsburg (RFA), they had planned to be one of the first users of the new spaceport.