On the contrary, it Brexited so hard it inadvertently re-entered.

Britain has a pretty prosperous space sector. It was only due to American shenanigans that we stopped launching orbital rockets ourselves. I don't think Air Launch is a good solution but having some domestic access to orbit is probably good for the industry as a whole.

Yes, Alaska and New Zealand are notable equatorial launch sites.

[Been done quite a while ago](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prospero_(spacecraft))

Viene una tormenta!

> NATO clearly states territorial conflicts must be settled first. This is the reason Macedonia changed their name to north Macedonia due to conflicts with greece

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What did you mean then? It certainly sounded like you meant Macedonia was in violation of the 'no territorial disputes' rule. It wasn't, it's just that Greece wouldn't support its admission due to the name.

Edit: To be clear, it's the positions of the states that matter, not opinions of citizens or fringe politicians.

They said it was a territorial dispute which isn't true. Nobody claimed North Macedonia belonged to anyone but North Macedonia. They couldn't join because they wouldn't get a unanimous 'yes' vote. Greece would always vote no until they changed their name.

Having part of your territory occupied would be quite different. Either a nation would have to give up any claim to that territory, or get the occupier to give it up. That's why Moldova is a bit stuck. They don't want to fight Russia, but they don't want to give up that land forever.

That being said, I don't think the rule is a strict one. The only hard requirement is for the other NATO nations to unanimously accept a candidate, so the territorial dispute requirement could be ignored if they so choose.

Shoulda gone with Quicktime.