British Skylark sounding rocket gets a mention on BBC

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Nice to see some home grown talent on the BBC website.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-4194...

Saw one when visiting the space division of BAe at Filton in the 90's. It stood in the stairwell of the offices of the main space building there. A most impressive display for an office staircase.

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Black Arrow and Black Knight were good for what they did but had limited development potential past LEO. More frustrating was Blue Streak which went on to form the basis of the predicessor to the Ariane family. If you are interested in this stuff Vertical Empire is a good read.
Anyway, I think it's nice to see the Skylark get a mention.