{"product_id":"out-of-space","title":"Out of Space","description":"\u003cp\u003eFormer Brexit minister and MP, David Jones, has criticised the EU for threatening to kick Britain off the Galileo satellite programme after Brexit, in spite its £1bn contribution.\u003c\/p\u003e \n\n\n\u003cp\u003eNotwithstanding advanced plans for a rocket by new company, Skyrora, to launch a satellite, this will effectively leave the UK Ôout of spaceÕ.\u003c\/p\u003e \n\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn 1960 the Conservative government cancelled the mid-range Blue Streak rocket, and in 1971 cancelled the smaller Black Arrow rocket although it had successfully launched Prospero, a 100kg satellite, into orbit.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\n\u003cp\u003eIt had been Ôkept aliveÕ by PM Wilson through the 1960s in the expectation of becoming a big contender for space work in the future.\u003c\/p\u003e \n\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe demise of Black Arrow has been shrouded in mystery, but this booklet resulting from exhaustive research, reveals the truth Ð for PM Edward Heath, Black Arrow was a bargaining chip to get President Pompidou to remove FranceÕs veto over joining the Common Market and leaving the French Ariane programme without its British rival.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"David Barnby","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44310497165473,"sku":"9781111128564","price":27.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0462\/1120\/3233\/files\/1wrjewnr-front-shortedge-384_550485a7-07c6-4afc-8e21-f3cc1a418293.jpg?v=1748405691","url":"https:\/\/bookswholesale.myshopify.com\/products\/out-of-space","provider":"BooksWholesale","version":"1.0","type":"link"}