DARC Matters – 5 – Night Lights
Pembrokeshire.Online has been running a series of articles on the proposed space radar station (DARC) on the disused airfield at Brawdy, and some readers living close by have been in touch, reporting a marked...
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DARC Matters – 3 – the National Park
The Pembrokeshire Coast National Park Authority (PCNPA) has been careful to reserve comment on the Ministry of Defence’s plan for a deep space radar station (DARC) on the park’s doorstep – on the disused...
DARC Matters – 2
PARC Against DARC – the organisation dedicated to fighting the proposal for a space radar station in west Pembrokeshire – has announced that its volunteers will be delivering 18,000 flyers to homes across the...
DARC Matters – 1
The planning application for a highly controversial space radar station in the heart of west Pembrokeshire is widely expected to be submitted this year. If it is – and if planning permission is granted...
A Space Station for Pembrokeshire?
There is some opposition to a plan by the UK government to set up a military deep space radar system at Cawdor Barracks in Pembrokeshire. The purpose of Darc, as it is called, is...
Our Pale Blue Dot
When the world seems in such turmoil and so much suffering is evident, it seems that we need a little reminder of our place in the vast universe. Carl Sagan, commenting in 1990 after...
Double Take – on Space
A DIALOGUE… RJR: Do you remember when talking about ‘personal space’ was a thing? I remember when I was in my teens and twenties, we used to kid around about invading each other’s space, and...
