Unlike the rockets used by Nasa and SpaceX to launch satellites, Virgin Orbit will use a specially adapted jumbo jet - VIRGIN ORBIT/EPA By Ross Kaniuk, Publsihed by The Times, 31 October 2022 Protesters have targeted Britain’s first satellite launch to complain about the cost of living crisis. Next month
The Cosmic Girl landed in Cornwall on 11 October ahead of its mission in November Published by the BBC, 31 October 2022 Protesters have demonstrated against the first UK satellite launch, at Newquay Airport in Cornwall. Members of the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament (CND) protested alongside Drone Wars UK on
By Eva Corlett, Published by the Guardian, 17 October 2022 The commercial space company rejects criticism of satellite launches for the US military A New Zealand commercial space company, Rocket Lab, has faced new opposition to its activities on behalf of foreign militaries, with one New Zealand Green MP saying
By David Rompf, Published by The New Yorker, 24 April 2022 Residents are up in arms about a proposed spaceport project, the first of its kind in the Midwest, which would involve launching rockets near the shoreline of Lake Superior. One of the largest log cabins in the world can
By Debbie Kelley, Published by The Gazetter, 4 April 2022 The militarization of space should be of concern to everyone, say a group of Colorado Springs anti-war activists, some of whom have been demonstrating at the Space Symposium since its beginnings in 1984, when President Ronald Reagan’s Star Wars program
Mateus Rumaikeuw menunjukkan patok tanda klaim lahan oleh LAPAN di wilayah hutan adat Warbon, Distrik Biak Utara, Kabupaten Biak Numfor, Papua, yang dipasang pada 1982. (Project M/Permata Adinda) By Permata Adinda, Published by Project Multatuli, 4 April 2022 The people only recently found out the existence of a land release
By Hilary Lister & Bruce GagnonReceived 5 February 2022 LD 1923, An Act to Establish the Maine Space Corporation This new Public Private Partnership would manage Federal government contracts, issue bonds, receive tax breaks, and distribute funds for acquiring land and property for a Maine Space Complex, including developing staging
By Doug Messier, Published y Parabolic Arc, 17 September 2021 It seems not everyone is on board with plans by UK governments to spend $25 million to create a spaceport in Cornwall for billionaire Richard Branson’s Virgin Orbit launch company. Cornwall Live reports Nichola Andersen has written to members of
