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[Gretchen]

The live streams I’ve seen so far are pitiful. More interesting watching her on Flight Radar!

[MitchT]

Gretchen said:

The live streams I’ve seen so far are pitiful.

Yep. Mostly wind noise and loud music coming from tents! A news report earlier this evening had all the local kids and their teachers hanging around the rocket before it was attached to the plane, like it's normal to be anywhere near a piece of kit like that! The whole thing has a whiff of village fête about it. Just waiting for them to announce the winners of the Tombola!

[robscot]

The stream is woeful.

Bit like its share price!

[MitchT]

Comments on ITV national news right now eluding to it being a "very British affair" and nothing like the American efforts

[Gretchen]

So did annyone actually see anything?

[Timothy Bucktu]

I watch amateur Youtube rocket enthusiasts who do better presentation and camera feed than this!

[BckFlash]

Well that was a waste of time!

[Gretchen]

I feel a strongly worded trip adviser review pending.

[hiccy18]

Glad it wasn't just me that missed the drop! Wish they'd show the telemetry rather than the naff flight path tracker that isn't working.

[essayer]

Stood in garden, saw nothing, got cold, would not watch again. 0/10

[Gretchen]

hiccy18 said:

Glad it wasn't just me that missed the drop! Wish they'd show the telemetry rather than the naff flight path tracker that isn't working.

The use of the phrase “The pointy end of the rocket” was the highlight for me.

[MrHappy]

According to the Sky News coverage the mission is Tart Me Up.

[DeejRC]

There is a reason the UK space industry has effectively ignored it.

[LaSource]

Gretchen said:

The use of the phrase “The pointy end of the rocket” was the highlight for me.

[Athlon]

Did it make it? telemetry has frozen after it seemed to drop about 100,000 ft and no mention of the second burn happening ?

[hiccy18]

DeejRC said:

There is a reason the UK space industry has effectively ignored it.

I was thinking this isn't the best sales pitch I've ever seen. I'm still hugely excited to watch a little white streak heading past a brown blob (Africa?), animated [badly].

Of course they're being ironic and doing it in a Blue Peter style.

[Gretchen]

LaSource said:

Gretchen said:

The use of the phrase “The pointy end of the rocket” was the highlight for me.

To be fair it would’ve been more exciting strapped to Wyle Coyote.

[DamienB]

Had my doubts anything would be visible but I went out to freeze in the wind for a few minutes regardless. So, bored and cold instead of bored and warm. Dire coverage.

[Killer2005]

And we have an anomaly

[Timothy Bucktu]

Seems like it failed