There is some good news for space news lovers. A new proposed facility is going to be designed in Westcott that is located in Buckinghamshire. The facility is set to cost around £4.12m and is going to test future spacecraft engines. The country can benefit from this massive test facility which can be used to develop spacecraft of the next generation.
What is the facility going to be used for?
It is going to test engines which are to be used in future space missions.; The £4.12m facility that is going to be based in the rural village of Westcott can now help the country to compete with the likes of China, USA, and Russia. Engines form the most important part of any space plane. Unless the engine is reliable, good, and powerful, it cannot carry the space mission that far for longer durations.
Continuous testing is required and unless that is performed in a remote location, with less disturbance from humans, then things can work out smoothly.
- You would be surprised to know that the Blue Streak and Black Arrow, two early British space rockets where performed here, which were ultimately scrapped.
According to Katherine Courtney, interim chief executive of the UK Space Agency, “Opening these facilities in the UK can now help scientist, researchers, and scholars to test and develop propulsion engines, that can be used for futuristic use.”
There is nothing surprising here because Rocket motors where built and assembled here during the mid1990s. The area was then handed over to the British Aerospace, which now consist of several space technology companies. The new facility will however make use of the existing industry-owned services to allow simulated high altitudes of rocket testing.
One of the main customers of the space centre’s is expected to be Reaction Engines, which is British company, that is busy developing a air-breathing rocket, which is supposed to be revolutionary in size and stature known as Sabre that offers power for res-used space planes.
The UK Space Agency said, “The new capability can now help in providing development that is cost-effective and testing. There are many interplanetary travels which can be done by impressive engines that are important for telecommunications in the satellite market for commercial reasons.”
