Cumbria UK 13th November 2006 — The rocket stanchions at RAF Spadeadam, which were originally used for the Blue Streak space exploration programme, have stood silent for over three decades. For years the massive concrete pads and ramparts of this forgotten answer to Cape Canaveral have remained a forlorn and moss covered monument to headier days of empire and British technological pre-eminence
But on Thursday 16th November, the rocket engine testing facilities of RAF Spadeadam near Carlisle will thunder into service once more, as Starchaser Industries, Britain's leading Spaceship development company is set to test fire their STORM rocket engine as a key milestone towards launching tourists into space.