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954 FLIGHT, 21 December 1961 COVERING ALL ASPECTS OF BRITAIN'S LEAD Issue of December 25, 1984 Soviet Cruelty to Space-dog SPACESHIP CABIN FIT ONLY FOR AN ASTRONAUT, ALLEGES MP SCENES of uproar at Westminster lastnight greeted the announcement bythe Prime Minister in the Commons that "There is every indication to believe, not- withstanding certain reports to the contrary, that in a number of respects the design ofthe space vehicle constructed, we under- stand, by the Soviet Union and which, weare reliably informed, journeyed to the vicinity of Mars, a planet, falls to a certainextent somewhat short of the standards which might reasonably, according to HerMajesty's Government's advice, be con- sidered, as a general rule, and without pre-judice to subsequent decisions taken in another place which might, or indeed mightnot, be adjudged to be relevant to the matter under discussion, subject to possible nego-tiations with our friends in the United States and our friends in the Europe com-munity, to be possibly applicable in assess- ing the viable criteria of reasonableness,having regard to the health, comfort and freedom of thought and action of the in-dividual canine concerned, which might be considered to be applicable within themeaning of the Act, to those animals, the love and affection for whom is the founda-tion of this great commonwealth of nations of which we are all so proud—notwith-standing our full intention, given the re- quisite safeguards, to consider in allrespects the possibility of our considering what might be regarded as a somewhatcloser, or at least somewhat perhaps not quite so distant, provisional associationwith our European friends—those animals, furthermore, which typify all that is bestin the national character, known as dogs. "In this matter, if the House will permit the phrase, we intend to go forward together with a dogged determination." As the Prime Minister was speaking, thousands of angry dog-lovers were demon- strating in Trafalgar Square, carrying placards reading "We love angry dogs" and "Russians Barking up Wrong Tree, Say South Kensington Conservative Ladies' League." All-night sittings for tonight are planned by the House of Commons, House of Lords, and the South Kensington Con- servative Ladies' League. BRITAIN'S LEAD ASSURED Manpowered Spacecraft ON DECEMBER 10 the Hatfield Man-powered Spacecraft Club issued a Press announcement which stated: "The Hatfield Manpowered SpacecraftClub today issued a Press announcement which states: "It is announced by the Hatfield Man-powered Spacecraft Club that a manpowered spacecraft with which the Club has been toa certain extent connected has completed a flight which is in certain respects to beconsidered as being successful. "The spacecraft effected a landing on aplanet other than Earth. "Further details will be issued to thePress in a subsequent announcement at the appropriate time." Asked which planet was involved, thechief designer of the HMSC refused to divulge operational details which mightbe of use to the competing manpowered spacecraft group at Southampton. GREATEST-EVER FARNBOROUGH PLANS for next year's Society of British Spacecraft Constructors exhibition at Farn- borough indicate that it will be the best show yet. More companies are exhibiting than ever before, and the number of feasibility studies and publicity brochures which will be statically exhibited cover a much greater range. The company enclosures this year will con- tain larger cocktail bars and more-lavish food and waitresses than ever before. The en- closures will cover a greater area, and will in fact extend over all the airfield's runways. Since no actual spacecraft will be involved, this lack of runway availability is "not dis- advantageous," the Society states. BRITAIN'S mighty Skylark heavy launcher (left) is the backbone of this country's massive space programme. Main advantage of the new launch technique here illustrated is its economy, ad- mittedly not a very significant factor for a major power such as Great Britain but one which permits a greater number of satellites to be launched per day. Below, typical payload for heavy orbiting observatory illustrates Britain's lead in genuine old-oak base-boards for a variety of missions
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