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Curated by: Alexander the ok (46 videos)
The UK snatches defeat from the jaws of victory. Blue Streak was Britain's _real_ launcher program - it is often overshadowed internationally by Black Arrow, but Blue Streak was supposed to be our primary launcher. It birthed ESA and Ariane though, so at least there's that... Sources here: https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/vidm96f6lqo72dd4g8sng/blue-streak-sources.ods?rlkey=j1rljfe9we2gtgq8vozf3q0g0&st=yx039dmw&dl=0 Really nice French documentary here: https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/vidm96f6lqo72dd4g8sng/blue-streak-sources.ods?rlkey=j1rljfe9we2gtgq8vozf3q0g0&st=yx039dmw&dl=0 BBC archive footage released a few days before my video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-DR20rDr6yA&t=154s Many thanks to my talented and multilingual Patrons for some of the voice lines. Not all of them were speaking in their first languages so be nice to them. Thanks to Silesian aerospace for some of the footage: https://sat.polsl.pl/ 00:00 Intro 01:13 Background 05:58 Launch History 13:06 Balloon Tanks 21:37 Engines 27:57 Europa 34:26 The Many Cursed Variants 46:44 The Germans get Silly 55:58 Legacy