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Virgin Galactic starts commercial spaceflights in two weeks

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Interesting that they found a scientific mission for the first flight.

https://techcrunch.com/2023/06/15/virgi ... two-weeks/
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Re: Virgin Galactic starts commercial spaceflights in two weeks

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Yes. Virgin Orbit, Branson's satellite launching company, was delisted from Nasdaq and went bankrupt. Hopefully Virgin Galactic will do better.
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