Exciting news arrived recently that a joint US / Australian consortium was proposing to use Woomera Rocket Range for a far-reaching experiment.
The plan is to launch a modified Saturn Rocket (see image above, right), to place a satellite in close orbit to the Sun, 20 million km inside the orbit of Mercury to conduct experiments in fusion reaction, and extraction of Hydrogen from the Sun.
This valuable power source has hitherto been untapped.
US Government participation is at some risk, however, as members of the religious right in congress hold the view that the hand of man should never set foot on the Sun. (Note: - The US political system works in this way - There is an Upper and a Lower House, the Upper being composed of Senators, and the Lower by Congressmen.)
Congress is currently divided on Rube Goldberg's proposal to build a pipeline to bring Hydrogen from the Sun, and filling up the bed of Lake Eyre with liquid Hydrogen.
Mr Goldberg has met initial criticisms concerning the Sun's heat being a problem, by proposing that construction of the pipeline take place at night.
Members are from two political parties. There are the Republicans who are the direct equivalent of the British Conservative Party, and the Democrats, who are also the equivalent of the British Conservative Party.
Above this is the President, who does whatever Congress lets him get away with, and above the President is the Special Prosecutor who does whatever he damn well likes.