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My kids have been involved in a few Bloodhound related projects, and as we live near Coventy they're very familiar with Thrust 2 and Thrust SSC (both housed at the Cov Motor Museum).
I guess this'll teach them that no matter how brave and forward thinking a project is, if it's not financially sound then it'll falter.
Oddly enough one of these blood hound education projects was at my son's school today then I had to tell him they stopped doing it now, maybe should have kept my mouth shut.
The UK once had a small space programme until it was cancelled by the government of the day... I think to this day we're the only nation which has developed a capability to launch a satellite and then voluntarily given it up.
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
bloodhound has had several key technologies developed and enhanced to meet its needs. These include :
1. Extremely controllable rockets. These are throttable, safe and green hybrid rockets which is a world first (especially the safe and green part). These will have massive implications for the space and military.
2. The wheels rotate at 10000+rpm so the risk of fatigue, creep and expansion were extremely high. The alloy and machining techniques used to create wheels to survive these forces are cutting edge and world leading....they will be used again certainly.
3.laser melting addictive construction was used and perfected to make the nose cone out of titanium powder in an intricate shape. This tech is the future of exotic material manufacturing. 3d printing with titanium alloys!!!
Anyway, silly projects like this are vital
for progress. DARPA put tenders out all the time for projects, these have included a submarine that can fly..... the tech that dropped out of the failed project was astounding.