Another Explosives Act - British Interplanetary Society

What if in 1933 when BIS was estabilished Great Britain government change Explosive Act and registered [maybe in Ministry of Defence] societies will be allowed to test rockets?

I think that BIS could test several rockets [first liquid-fueled rocket in UK maybe?] gather some money for other projects and would have biggest rocketry base in '44 and '45 when V-2 bombardment started. Later they might convince Churchill after war to develop their own space program and rocketry.

I they have better technology and engineers or scientists [who will work on real rockets, not only plans] i think that Megaroc project might be cheaper [it should be easier to modify V-2 rocket when you have more experienced engineers]. In addition they might use other argument for rocketry development - rockets are faster than planes, even jet planes and RAF could not shoot down V-2s during war. This shows that rockets are more powerful than fighters or even bombers - it is unstoppable weapon.

So i think that Britain could send satellite before USA and USSR [maybe 1955] or even man into space before them [1960?]. I assume that Britain requires time for recovering after war so program would haven't begun until 50s.
 
Now that would be interesting

They would test sold rocket fuel for there 1939 Moon program proposal
with WW2 the BIS could get full financial support by Ministry of Supply

That would be Nasty surprise for Hitler after his declaration of first V-2 attacks
to get a British Blue Avenger rocket attack on the third Reich...

After War BIS get German rocket hardware for study and analyst.
 
I think that in 1940 after bloody battle of Britain Churchill could think that it's wise to create auxiliary brigade of ballistic missile to bomb German cities - rockets would be unstoppable even for Luftwaffe. Three years later in Liverpool BIS could perform first tests and in late '44 rockets could go to front and bombard cities behind enemy's line. Maybe some of German rocketry engineers will go to Britain instead of USA? Or even Wernher von Braun? He might think that if he use Britain rocketry experience and engineers, human would colonize space or even Mars earlier than USA.
 
What are you thinking this idea:

1934 - first liquid-fueled rocket in UK
1939 - Ministry of Supply grants money for ballistic missiles.
1944 - first strategic missile rocket launched used by British during World War Two.
1945 - Wernher von Braun surrenders to British with many of the V-2 scientists.
1956 - first manned suborbital flight [Megaroc]
1959 - first artificial satellite [Britain]
1960 - first Moon impactor
1962 - first manned orbital flight [Britain]
1963 - Soviet Union launched Sputnik 1; Americans launched Vanguard 1.
1967 - Soviet cosmonaut in LEO, first American suborbital manned flight [maybe from Air Force?].
 
What are you thinking this idea:

1934 - first liquid-fueled rocket in UK
1939 - Ministry of Supply grants money for ballistic missiles.
1944 - first strategic missile rocket launched used by British during World War Two.
1945 - Wernher von Braun surrenders to British with many of the V-2 scientists.
1956 - first manned suborbital flight [Megaroc]
1959 - first artificial satellite [Britain]
1960 - first Moon impactor
1962 - first manned orbital flight [Britain]
1963 - Soviet Union launched Sputnik 1; Americans launched Vanguard 1.
1967 - Soviet cosmonaut in LEO, first American suborbital manned flight [maybe from Air Force?].


This must be made into a TL
 
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