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We love a good space story, but we don't love a good space story when things go terribly

wrong. On Monday night, there was so much fanfare about the first launch of some satellites

into space from British soil, Cornwall specifically, but we all woke up on Tuesday morning to the

news. It had not gone as planned.

One person, in particular, is really upset about this. Science editor and space nerd extraordinaire,

Rebecca Morrell. Hi, Becky.

Hello there. How you doing?

I feel I should offer my commiserations to you too, because I know you kind of, you

live these stories and you sort of, you feel it too?

I'm so disappointed, actually. I mean, it's, we've been over at the space port Cornwall

today and it's been so gloomy there, like the weather's been red for everyone looks sad.

I've had about half an hour's sleep. I should also warn you, so I'm also feeling slightly

delirious, but yeah, it was, it was, it was pretty disappointing last night.

So let's rewind then and just, what was supposed to happen?

It's like therapy, isn't it?

Yeah, really, really, I'll really, I'll really live it. So this was supposed to be the

first attempt to get satellites into orbit from British soil and it was a rocket launch

with a difference. So it wasn't a vertical rocket launch that was going to go straight

up into the air. This was a rocket that was going to be carried part way to space by a

modified jumbo jets that was lifting off from New Key Airport or Space Port Cornwall.

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