Westcott Space Hub has opened in Buckinghamshire with testing facilities, training space and commercial workspace for the space sector. The opening is real. A fictional blank rocket model has already asked whether its desk can face mission control.
Westcott Space Hub gives a small rocket a bigger office plan
The hub spans 62,000 square feet and is intended to help space businesses grow through shared testing and development facilities. That is useful infrastructure. The imaginary model has interpreted shared facilities as a request to reserve the best chair.
The site has a long history of rocket engine testing. Its new space hub brings together testing, training and workspace for companies working in the sector. Meanwhile, the blank model has drafted a short note explaining that it is available for strategic staring.
Westcott Space Hub meets a model with mission language
The UK Space Agency says the project has support through its Space Clusters Infrastructure Fund. The announcement describes a new hub that can help companies access facilities without relocating abroad. First, a business needs space to develop an idea. Next, it needs the right equipment. Then it needs room to test. Finally, the fictional model asks if its launch sequence can include biscuits.
Good shared infrastructure can make technical work easier. The comic model has missed that point. It has placed a paperclip beside itself and called it a satellite support team.
By the end of the opening, the real hub was ready to support space businesses. The model remained small and unmarked. Nevertheless, it had requested a larger badge for its future achievements.
Source: UK Government.
