One of Scotland’s leading civil engineering contractors has bought the world’s first Hyundai HX145A LCR HW (High Walker) model. Crieff-based MAM Contracting has taken delivery of the u.
I was gifted with the opportunity watch the flight. And I mean gifted. I didn t find out until very late Sunday night that they were inviting the public.
flight. we did that 60 years ago with alan shepherd, not the first with a private astronaut. mike melville did that in 2004 flying spaceship 1. richard branson, of course, bought that technology right after that team won the x prize in 2004. richard branson really isn t technically an astronaut. he wasn t driving the bus, so to speak. but he did attain an altitude, and more importantly to the larger picture of space, brought a lot of attention to this idea of sort of democratizing this latest front tear, this manifest destiny. where do we go now? let s think about going to space, and let s make it more widely available. nasa was never going to get us here. it required some audacious and some might say eccentric, in some cases, billionaires to get us there. who else is going to put down the money to get us there?
Kingdom FM Fifers are being urged to ensure they are registered to vote ahead of this year s Holyrood election.
Households in the Kingdom will receive a letter in the next few days which lists people who are registered to vote at that address.
Residents are being asked to check that everyone who is entitled to vote is included in the letter, so they can have their say in the Scottish Parliamentary election in May.
Anyone who is not registered can do so at www.gov.uk/register-to-vote or ask for a paper registration form.
Registration must take place by April 19.