Blue Origin first human flight

Re:Blue Origin first human flight by blhack on Tuesday July 20, 2021 @09:48AM (#27893652)

Virgin galactic does go to orbit: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virgin_Orbit

They launched satellites earlier this year.

The space tourism thing is just a part of what the company does.

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Re:Blue Origin first human flight by JshWright on Tuesday July 20, 2021 @09:49AM (#27893667)

Virgin Galactic doesn't go to orbit, Virgin Orbit does.

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Re:Blue Origin first human flight by api on Tuesday July 20, 2021 @09:51AM (#27893682)

Wow... I didn't even know about that. I stand corrected.

SpaceX is still way ahead though.

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Re:Blue Origin first human flight by JshWright on Tuesday July 20, 2021 @09:54AM (#27893720)

"Ahead" implies the same end goal... Neither Virgin Galactic (the suborbital space tourism company) or Virgin Orbit (the orbital small-sat launch company) have the same end goal as SpaceX.

That's like saying Lockheed Martin (maker of the F-35) is "way ahead" of Textron (maker of the Cessna). They have different goals entirely.

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