Secret plans for Irish spaceship revealed

Secret plans for Irish spaceship revealed

Secret plans to build and launch a spaceship in Ireland were put to
the Government by US astronauts, according to newly-released
classified documents.

A team of experienced scientists, including "at least one astronaut
who had walked on the moon" planned to use the Republic as its base
for the ground-breaking project.

The details are contained in Government papers released under the
30-year rule reveal. A letter setting out the proposals was sent to
the Irish Government of the day by the US-based Consulate General of
Ireland.

American scientist Dr Gary Hudson, who claimed to have worked for
Nasa, submitted his plans for the space flight project on behalf of an
alleged team including British astronomer Sir Frederick Hoyle.

He had chosen Ireland because it was a neutral country and was not
affiliated to any other space programme. In a 16-page letter to the
Department of Foreign Affairs, vice consul Sean Farrell described the
plans to build a space station on Inishnabra, the middle island in the
Blaskets.

He detailed Dr Hudson's claims that Inishnabra had a number of
advantages including isolation but with a source of raw fuel at hand.
A launch from the Blaskets would not risk civilian lives, he said. Dr
Hudson said he had been taken to the island by the tourist board in
Kerry, which had been enthusiastic about the project.

Fears were expressed about the economic viability of the project,
particularly as the US space programme was "in ruins because of
escalating costs" and the joint European space venture had so far
failed due to enormous costs.

But Dr Hudson claimed to have £140,000 (200,000 euro) behind him for
the project. He estimated that the total cost of building, fuelling
and firing a rocket would not exceed £1.7m (2.4m euro) and that he
would charge around £3.4m (4.8m euro) per launching - starting in 1976
or 1977.

He proposed to lease the island from the Government. Almost all of the
necessary materials were to be purchased locally in Ireland, he said.
The project would have involved an initial work force of 1000.

Government sanctions were needed as the UN convention stated that the
country from which a rocket was launched had responsibility for any
damage caused. But any Irish hopes of making history were dashed when
a Government reply was sent back condemning the scheme as "science
fiction." It was suggested that the whole thing was a "gigantic
leg-pull".


Story filed: 08:23 Thursday 1st January 2004

http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_851459.html

On Thu, 01 Jan 2004 00:45:31 -0800, Rusty Barton
wrote:

Story filed: 08:23 Thursday 1st January 2004

....Just four months too soon.

OM

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Rusty Barton wrote:

He detailed Dr Hudson's claims that Inishnabra had a number of
advantages including isolation but with a source of raw fuel at hand.

What? Coal? Peat? Whiskey?

Pat

Rusty Barton wrote in
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Secret plans for Irish spaceship revealed


Moon rocket from Ireland? Already been done!

http://www.rte.ie/tv/blizzardofodd/22102001/madein.html

Bryan

"Pat Flannery" wrote in message
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Rusty Barton wrote:

He detailed Dr Hudson's claims that Inishnabra had a number of
advantages including isolation but with a source of raw fuel at hand.

What? Coal? Peat? Whiskey?

Guinness. It's got all three in there.

On Thu, 01 Jan 2004 07:41:45 -0600, Pat Flannery
wrote:

Rusty Barton wrote:

He detailed Dr Hudson's claims that Inishnabra had a number of
advantages including isolation but with a source of raw fuel at hand.

What? Coal? Peat? Whiskey?

....A port wine made with special grapes imported from the Duchy of
Grand Fenwick.

OM

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"No ******* ever won a war by dying for | http://www.io.com/~o_m
his country. He won it by making the other | Sergeant-At-Arms
poor dumb ******* die for his country." | Human O-Ring Society

- General George S. Patton, Jr

fstops wrote:

Moon rocket from Ireland? Already been done!

http://www.rte.ie/tv/blizzardofodd/22102001/madein.html




I've seen that one...over on this side of the pond, the name was "Those
Fantastic Flying Fools" (to cash in on "Those Magnificent Men and Their
Flying Machines" and "Those Daring Young Men In Their Jaunty Jalopies"-
which also had Terry-Thomas in it)
It's not a half bad movie, and has some quite funny stuff in it-
especially Smyth's car, which relies upon the theft of natural gas from
people's house lamps to fuel it.

Pat

On Thu, 01 Jan 2004 14:46:01 -0600, Pat Flannery
wrote:

It's not a half bad movie, and has some quite funny stuff in it-
especially Smyth's car, which relies upon the theft of natural gas from
people's house lamps to fuel it.

....Bah. It can't hold a candle to Chitty Chitty Bang Bang.

OM

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"No ******* ever won a war by dying for | http://www.io.com/~o_m
his country. He won it by making the other | Sergeant-At-Arms
poor dumb ******* die for his country." | Human O-Ring Society

- General George S. Patton, Jr

"Neil Gerace" wrote in message . au...
"Pat Flannery" wrote in message
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Rusty Barton wrote:

He detailed Dr Hudson's claims that Inishnabra had a number of
advantages including isolation but with a source of raw fuel at hand.

What? Coal? Peat? Whiskey?

Guinness. It's got all three in there.

Ah - Pure Genius

On 2 Jan 2004 14:47:19 -0800, (Alex Terrell)
wrote:

"Neil Gerace" wrote in message . au...
"Pat Flannery" wrote in message
...


Rusty Barton wrote:

He detailed Dr Hudson's claims that Inishnabra had a number of
advantages including isolation but with a source of raw fuel at hand.

What? Coal? Peat? Whiskey?

Guinness. It's got all three in there.

Ah - Pure Genius

....No, pure Guinness.

OM

--

"No ******* ever won a war by dying for | http://www.io.com/~o_m
his country. He won it by making the other | Sergeant-At-Arms
poor dumb ******* die for his country." | Human O-Ring Society

- General George S. Patton, Jr