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Rocket to the Toon
MOTORISTS could hardly believe
their eyes as they
watched a space rocket cruising
up the A1 yesterday.
Britain's biggest space rocket
has been unveiled, the latest
step on the way to sending
tourists into space by 2013.
The 58ft long, Nova 2, was
revealed at Salford University
by Steve Bennett, head of the
university's Space Technology
Laboratory.
The academic, who also
runs a private company, Starchaser
Industries, plans to
launch Nova 2 in September
next year, to test a safety system
which, if successful, will
form the design of an even
bigger rocket to carry visitors
into space.
It was transported across
the M62 and along the A1 to
visit pupils at Jarrow School,
South Tyneside, yesterday.
Mr Bennett said: "We are
setting out on a nationwide
tour of schools across the
country and we hope some of
those pupils will join us for
the launch next year.
"Our ultimate aim, though,
is to carry people into space
and our latest rocket takes us
another step closer to that."
If successful, Mr Bennett's
space tourism initiative will
enable the public to purchase
flights where they will spend
20 minutes in the air and experience
three to four minutes
of weightlessness, travelling
at 3,500 miles per hour.
10:46am Wednesday 2nd July 2008
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