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Re:Spaceport Cornwall awarded licence to host UK’s first spa... by matkoniecz on Thursday November 17, 2022 @05:27AM (#33637057)
> rocket that was launched only happened because those responsible decided to ignore the cancellation and do the launch anyway.

From what I remember they convinced treasury that launching rocket and satellite is the cheapest form of disposing it

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Re:Spaceport Cornwall awarded licence to host UK’s first spa... by londons_explore on Thursday November 17, 2022 @07:32AM (#33638008)
Which is clearly rubbish - plenty of people would have bought a rocket for a dollar...

And besides, the fuel could be resold, and all the metals would have had scrap value.

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