[amsat-bb] Re: Dispelling a myth.

John,

If the question is "Why wasn't Great Britain involved with placing objects in space, until ESA?, is a possible answer "It's government does not have enough tax revenue to fund an expensive endeavor like high-mass space flight - and has been benefiting, like other European nations, from the pooling of funds and brainpower of ESA."

David Goncalves

I was rather amused at a question I received the other day ... "Why wasn't Great Britain involved in space?" ... like America, Russia, Japan, India and China.