Italy signs an agreement to fly on VSS Unity for research missions

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Italy signs an agreement to fly on VSS Unity for research missions

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From Ars Technica:

"On Wednesday, Virgin Galactic signed an agreement with the Italian Air Force to have humans fly on board its suborbital spacecraft and conduct scientific research."

https://arstechnica.com/science/2019/10 ... nto-space/

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Re: Italy signs an agreement to fly on VSS Unity for research missions

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That actually makes some sense.
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