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One satellite launched then the government took its toys away.
So. How can we ensure the survival of Blue Streak and the continuation of British rocket research in the face of Treasury penny pinching and Whitehall short sightedness? I'm thinking that earlier invention of micro-electronics and integrated circuits (thus leading to earlier compact satellites) might do the trick. But how plausible is that before 197-whenever? Would the UK military have gone for an indigenous satellite communications system in the 70s? What about the Met Office? Would they have been willing to commission a geo-stationary weather satellite parked above the UK? What about the civilian telecommunications sector (okay, the Post Office)?