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Here Here. It also ironic that a country and population seen as backwards by the British Empire have overtaken the British in landing on the moon. Would be ni

Here Here. It also ironic that a country and population seen as backwards by the British Empire have overtaken the British in landing on the moon. Would be nice to see the African and South American continent achieve a moon landing as well.

yumraj 3y ago
> It also ironic that a country and population seen as backwards by the British Empire have overtaken the British in landing on the moon. This is not the moment to go there, but still since we're on the topic, current leaders of Britain (Prime Minister), Ireland (Taoiseach) and Scotland (First Minister) are all of Indian-Subcontinent origin. Britain and Ireland have leaders of Indian origin, while Scotland has of Pakistani origin.
- darkclouds 3y ago
  I think its good, but they are poisoned chalice jobs and smacks of virtue signalling.
- alephnerd 3y ago
  Sunak and Yousaf are both Punjabi, Sunak's family was from Gujranwala region in Pakistani Punjab before partition and Yousaf's is from Khanewal in Pakistani Punjab as well, plus both are the children of East African Indians who moved to the UK during the mass expulsion of South Asians in the 1960s and 70s (Freddie Mercury is also part of that community as well, though ethnically Parsi Gujarati). Also, they both attended elite Grammar Schools, so they were within the same Old Boys network. They're much closer culturally than Varadkar who's dad's side of the family is from Konkan region (the coastal region stretching from Goa to Mumbai/Bombay)
f6v 3y ago
There’s a novel Artemis by Andy Weir where Africa became the place to launch transports to the Moon. I’d happy for them if they managed to turn things around.
parthdesai 3y ago
Just wait till BBC decides to throw a fit about it again
Symbiote 3y ago
Note Britain is the third-largest contributor to the European Space Agency, and has a fairly large space industry (satellites, instruments etc). (The Beagle 2 lander which crashed into Mars in 2004 was managed from Britain.)
- darkclouds 3y ago
  Stevenage produces tiny satellites, but as long as prices are jacked up, anyone can claim its a big industry. Mr Pillinger is a lovely bloke, but firing a giant zorb ball onto a distance planet or moon, isnt exactly rocket science is it?
BossingAround 3y ago
Apologies for the OT, but it's "hear hear", not "here here" [0]. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hear,_hear https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hear,_hear
- darkclouds 3y ago
  My hearing is gone, I forgot about it.

yumraj 3y ago

> It also ironic that a country and population seen as backwards by the British Empire have overtaken the British in landing on the moon. This is not the moment to go there, but still since we're on the topic, current leaders of Britain (Prime Minister), Ireland (Taoiseach) and Scotland (First Minister) are all of Indian-Subcontinent origin. Britain and Ireland have leaders of Indian origin, while Scotland has of Pakistani origin.

darkclouds 3y ago
I think its good, but they are poisoned chalice jobs and smacks of virtue signalling.
alephnerd 3y ago
Sunak and Yousaf are both Punjabi, Sunak's family was from Gujranwala region in Pakistani Punjab before partition and Yousaf's is from Khanewal in Pakistani Punjab as well, plus both are the children of East African Indians who moved to the UK during the mass expulsion of South Asians in the 1960s and 70s (Freddie Mercury is also part of that community as well, though ethnically Parsi Gujarati). Also, they both attended elite Grammar Schools, so they were within the same Old Boys network. They're much closer culturally than Varadkar who's dad's side of the family is from Konkan region (the coastal region stretching from Goa to Mumbai/Bombay)

f6v 3y ago

There’s a novel Artemis by Andy Weir where Africa became the place to launch transports to the Moon. I’d happy for them if they managed to turn things around.

parthdesai 3y ago

Just wait till BBC decides to throw a fit about it again

Symbiote 3y ago

Note Britain is the third-largest contributor to the European Space Agency, and has a fairly large space industry (satellites, instruments etc). (The Beagle 2 lander which crashed into Mars in 2004 was managed from Britain.)

darkclouds 3y ago
Stevenage produces tiny satellites, but as long as prices are jacked up, anyone can claim its a big industry. Mr Pillinger is a lovely bloke, but firing a giant zorb ball onto a distance planet or moon, isnt exactly rocket science is it?

BossingAround 3y ago

Apologies for the OT, but it's "hear hear", not "here here" [0]. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hear,_hear https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hear,_hear

darkclouds 3y ago
My hearing is gone, I forgot about it.