Proposed unmanned British shuttle

Title

Proposed unmanned British shuttle

Genre

News report; Interview

TX Date

9 Sep 1984

Year of production

1984

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Duration

00:05:04

Description

Paul Maurice reports on the new proposals for an unmanned British shuttle HOTOL which may carry weapons to be used for the country’s defence and carry satellites into space. Larry Blonstein of British Aerospace discusses the engineering project.

Contributors

Paul Maurice; Larry Blonstein

Keywords

British Aerospace; Space sciences; Nuclear weapons; Nuclear warfare; Missiles; Aerospace engineering; National defence; Communication satellites; Space shuttles

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