Meet The British ‘Space Inspectors’ Working For A Safe Blast-Off
The title of this post, is the same as that of this article on the Daily Telegraph.
This is the sub-heading.
A small band of professionals is keeping Britain’s £65 billion space economy in good working order
The article talks about how the Civil Aviation Authority will make sure we boldly go, with a high degree of safety, starting with these three paragraphs.
With Britain’s first vertical launch expected to lift off from Shetland this year, the UK could soon become the go-to European destination for space missions.
But behind the scenes, an army of ‘space inspectors’ is ensuring that, despite reaching for the stars, companies have their feet planted firmly on the ground.
It is the job of the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) to make sure that things go off with a bang – but only at the right time.
Having lived through all the excitement of space exploration from Sputnik 1 in 1957 onwards.
A few decades ago, when I was in Florida, I saw a launch of the Space Shuttle.
Hopefully, I’ll be lucky enough to get to Shetland or Cornwall to see a space launch from the UK.
The Daily Telegraph article also has this paragraph.
There are more than 2,200 companies working in Britain’s £65 billion space economy from satellite manufacturers to spaceports, from software to observation. The industry has grown significantly in recent years, and is aiming to capture 10 per cent of the global space market by 2030.
I don’t think, the ten-year-old boy, that my father woke in 1957 to tell about Sputnik 1, really ever thought ever thought there would be a chance that he’d see a space launch from the UK.
But now it appears to be happening! Fingers crossed!
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