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Re:UK backs Rolls-Royce project to build a nuclear reactor o... by AYBABTME on Sunday March 19, 2023 @01:02AM (#35216199)
Their economy is in decline, they need to do something to change the trajectory.
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Re:UK backs Rolls-Royce project to build a nuclear reactor o... by whatshisface on Sunday March 19, 2023 @01:06AM (#35216218)
"Something must be done. This is something. Therefore, it must be done." - Yes, Minister.
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Re:UK backs Rolls-Royce project to build a nuclear reactor o... by deepsun on Sunday March 19, 2023 @03:21AM (#35216793)
USSR economy was in decline. So they built Buran (copycat of Space Shuttle), and Tu-144 (copycat of Concorde). Both are extremely costly, and that helped USSR to fall sooner.
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Re:UK backs Rolls-Royce project to build a nuclear reactor o... by Prbeek on Sunday March 19, 2023 @05:27PM (#35223827)
They tried launching satellites two months ago in their first ever rocket mission and it failed.

Something pretty routine for Russia, US and China and even heavily sanctioned Iran.

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Re:UK backs Rolls-Royce project to build a nuclear reactor o... by panick21_ on Sunday March 19, 2023 @06:40PM (#35224462)
No they didn't. It simply a US company that flew a plane out of the US.

The failure had nothing to do with the UK.

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Re:UK backs Rolls-Royce project to build a nuclear reactor o... by kaanski on Sunday March 19, 2023 @06:42PM (#35224469)
As we all know doing something new requires immediate success or it isn’t worth pursuing.
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Re:UK backs Rolls-Royce project to build a nuclear reactor o... by cwsx on Sunday March 19, 2023 @09:35PM (#35226162)
When you fall off a horse, do you get back on? Personally I head straight home and refuse to even look at a horse ever again.
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