Blackburn Rovers’ Indian owners may be on the verge of launching their own satellite into space. This follows news of their home country successfully landing a spacecraft on the moon in August.
What may have captured Venky’s imagination though was what was inside this spaceship. Upon landing on the moon’s surface, it released a vehicle called a Lunar Rover. Unlike India’s previous attempt in 2019, when both their spaceship and lunar rover were destroyed, this landing and subsequent Rover release was a resounding success.
Perhaps Venky’s were moonstruck following this celestial event. After their own Rovers failure and possible financial murmurings, many people in India cynically said Blackburn Rovers were lost in space and Venky’s final frontier. But after India’s triumph in space, maybe Venky’s saw something written in the stars after all.
With India’s government wishing to become more involved in today’s space race, this could offer lots of opportunities to businesses across the sub-continent. Venky’s aren’t the kind of people to miss chances like this. They are already one of India’s largest multinational corporations and leaders in their field of technology, albeit from an opposite perspective. They wish to keep their chickens firmly on Terra Ferma and not send them flying off into space.
But being involved in India’s space programme could turn out to be meteoric for them and would certainly put a feather in their cap, not just one of their own. It could even help their industry. After all, the Apollo programme produced all sorts of state of the art inventions which we use today. These include non-stick frying pans and microwave ovens. These inventions certainly boosted the fast food industry.
Putting a satellite in space could also produce dividends for Venky’s interest in their non-egg shaped interests. Their ‘Shellstar’ satellite could spy on Rovers’ rivals during their training sessions. Also, chipping their football club’s players could help keep them out of trouble, especially if they knew a satellite was following their every move. Rovers know all about surveillance regarding footballers. Many will remember our former player Gary Croft, who had to wear one of these tag monitors following driving misdemeanours.
Venky’s told India’s government they had no intention of sending a satellite up into space for football reasons. This is the least of their priorities. They want to use it for what they see as far more important scientific projects – such as finding a cure for Avian Influenza (Bird Flu). Venky’s also found out the first living vertebrate to be born in space was a quail and they want to follow this up with chickens.
