plans came to fruition. Starchaser hoped to launch crewed missions from the UK but due to the UK CAA flight restrictions, Starchaser ultimately decided on the purchase of 25 acres of land with buildings at Spaceport America in Las Cruces, New Mexico next to the White Sands Missile Range. As of June 2022, these plans seem to have been abandoned. In 2006, the uncrewed Skybolt rocket was unveiled. Since being unveiled, the rocket has been touring schools in the UK in order to generate funds for the company. Rockets Below is a list of key rocket tests Starchaser has undertaken as well as their outcome. Launched Rockets Unlaunched Rockets Skybolt – Unveiled in 2006, this scale model of the space tourism vehicle was originally intended to be an intermediate test vehicle also capable of being used as a reusable sounding rocket. Never launched, it tours with Starchaser's educational outreach team. Education The company operate an Educational Outreach Programme called SPACE4SCHOOLS, for schools and other similar entities in the UK. Using real examples of rockets and scientific principles, the programme aims to excite and inspire pupils to get interested in Science and Engineering. Some of the main purposes of the program is to engage students in activities where they can design and modify their own science experiments. The purpose of these activities is to help pupils develop their research abilities, to collect data and verify their hypothesis. The outreach side of Starchaser contributes extensively to their much-needed funding. From 2005 onwards, due to the amount of money needed to continue research and development on the rockets increasing rapidly, the tour of schools became a more important part of the company. The Skybolt 2 rocket which was successfully launched on 11 September 2017 toured thousands of schools. Sponsorship Over the years of its existence, Starchaser Industries has been co-operating with many companies and institutions, including: WEST System: Supplier of Epoxy, the primary material of all Rockets launched by Starchaser Industries HMG Paints Limited: Provided the Paint for the Starchaser 4 'NOVA' and the SHARP Series of rockets Dabs.com: Various Computer Hardware Legal issues In 2002 Steven Bennet took legal action against the BBC corporately (and Dr David Whitehouse, the BBC's award-winning science correspondent, personally. Such personal action was not legally required.) in response to a critical article written by Whitehouse. Bennet claimed that the article contained a number of errors and false