Episode 23: ‘From Cornwall with Launch’: The UK’s First Sovereign Space Launch

War in Space - A podcast by The Royal United Services Institute - Thursdays

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It takes a village to get to space. Melissa Thorpe, the CEO of spaceport Cornwall, talks to us about the UK's first sovereign launch, the stakeholders involved and what the future holds for the UK county of Cornwall regarding space. Why is a sovereign launch capability so important? What are the implications for the UK space sector? And how does one become a spaceport?