Chapter Eleven - Rocket Testing

At Heathrow, we were welcomed by Lady Leyla, who took us to our dedicated gate - the Terminal 9 Gate ¾ - It’s a secret gate, she said with a smile. A beautiful nod to British literature, we assumed. She explained that Elon Musk and Richard Branson also use it as their test launch pad when testing in the UK. And indeed, we took no less than 3 shuttles whose objectives were to blur the idea of where we were. My Map on the phone stopped to localise us bizarrely. Top security zone. Tagachi was already on site, coordinating the rockets’ arrival and preparation. Finally, at 4.30 am and the 2 rockets were ready to blast off. Professor Kwigbelle made the last adjustment on the stabilisers - She ma...View all