July 2003
The X PRIZE is a $10,000,000 prize to jump start the space tourism industry through competition
between the most talented entrepreneurs and rocket experts in the world.
August 2003
The Shuttleworth Collection's 75th Anniversary and of course 2003 is the centenary
of powered flight.
September 2003
The Site of the Month WAS the Original incarnation of
Green Leader Net
which was dedicated
to the Rhodesian Armed Services (UDI Era) Operation Gatling and more specifically the
Raid Tactical Commander, known simply as 'Green Leader'.
Despite being to some a controversial decision, I chose this site for two reasons:
As Green Leader Net has changed both owner and focus, I intend to cover this subject in more detail
on this site in the future.
October 2003
Not One, but two sites of the Month:
To mark the retirement of Concorde from Commercial Service, I have chosen:
To mark the 32nd anniversary of the launch of the Black Arrow carrying the Prospero Satellite:
November 2003
On November the 5th 1605 a solitary figure is arrested in the cellars of Parliament House.
Although initially giving a false name, under torture he is found to be Guy Fawkes one of thirteen
involved in a plot to blow up Parliament. This failed attempt to change the course of History
is commemorated each year in Britain under various names: 'Guy Fawkes Night', 'Bonfire Night',
or 'Fireworks Night' Traditionally Children collect 'a penny for the Guy' for an effigy of Guy Fawkes they
have made. which is then burnt on a Bonfire on the anniversary with an associated Firework Display!
So the Site of the Month is:
December 2003
This site of the Month features the Church of the Nativity - Bethlehem:
As the originally chosen site has disappeared I have replaced it with the Wikipedia Entry:
