What’s on your list of the greatest products made in Britain? Join journalist Steve Duke as he criss-crosses the island to meet our makers in their factories and workshops.
Whilst compiling our list, we hear stories of people pursuing perfection, tales of difficult times, and reasons for optimism.
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What’s on your list of the greatest products made in Britain? Join journalist Steve Duke as he criss-crosses the island to meet our makers in their factories and workshops.
Whilst compiling our list, we hear stories of people pursuing perfection, tales of difficult times, and reasons for optimism.
Winner of the Best Business Show at the Independent Podcast Awards 2024.
Join the community on Instagram @thefactorynextdoor
And if you can, please consider buying me a coffee to keep this show on the road
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Earlier this year, Blue Ghost became the first commercial lunar lander to touch down on the moon.
Crucial to that mission’s success was its engine – a rocket designed and built in the Buckinghamshire countryside.
Number 38 on our list of the greatest items we make in Britain is The Rocket Engine.
At a former military base, Dr Ian Coxhill, chief engineer at Nammo UK, shows us around the workshops where propulsion systems are made for space agencies and commercial operators.
Ian demonstrates how to recreate the conditions of space at ground level, reflects on the art of engineering, and offers evidence to suggest robots aren’t going to replace humans yet.
Plus, we hear the roar of a rocket engine as one is put through its paces at the test facility.
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