"Ah, but a man's reach should exceed his grasp, Or what's a heaven for?"
—Robert Browning, "Andrea del Sarto"
First up, The Register:
Gone in 120 seconds: Arianespace aims for stars, misses, as UAE satellite launch fails
Vega or bust. Bust then
Arianespace's Vega rocket suffered its first failure last night and dumped its United Arab Emirates payload into the Atlantic Ocean.
The 15th launch of the booster had been grounded for days due to high winds at the launch complex in French Guiana. The previous 14, including the maiden flight in 2012, had all gone off without a hitch. This mission, however, went south approximately two minutes after the 01:53 UTC liftoff.
The P80 first stage of the rocket fired as planned, but it all went a bit wrong at the point of separation and ignition of the Zefiro 23 second stage....MOREAnd from City AM:
Sadiq Khan on course to miss another housing target, critics claim
In May 2016, TfL said it had set a target to build 10,000 homes by 2020. However, new figures revealed by the London mayor in May reveal that only 322 homes have been built on TfL land since he took office in 2016.The Mayor's budget is smaller than I would have thought, total revenues of £12,232.6 million for 2019-20 (excludes capital projects)
The target was later revised to 10,000 homes by 2021....MORE
