Letter: Wright tradition

AFTER seeing coverage of the 50th anniversary of Yuri Gagarin's flight I found it depressing that virtually none of it was forward looking.

By The Newsroom

Published 14th Apr 2011, 18:32 BST

Updated 14th Apr 2011, 21:27 BST

A week ago SpaceX announced that it will launch into orbit the equivalent of a Boeing 737-200 with 136 passengers, while Falcon Heavy can deliver the equivalent of an entire commercial aeroplane full of passengers, to orbit.

Neil Craig

Woodlands Road

Glasgow

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