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Re:Bezos donates $100M each to CNN contributor Van Jones and... by nyokodo on Wednesday July 21, 2021 @03:37PM (#27911041)
> Lumping them all together feels like we're giving out participation trophies.

In defense of Branson his other space company Virgin Orbit now does orbital launches also, and has cool capabilities that genuinely differentiate it from other providers. We'll see if Bezos catches up, he's personally focusing on it more now and may make faster progress on New Glenn etc.

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Re:Bezos donates $100M each to CNN contributor Van Jones and... by jimkleiber on Thursday July 22, 2021 @01:40AM (#27915768)
I agree, I have a friend who worked on early designs for Virgin Galactic and he talks about many of the differences (and benefits) of the Virgin design over Blue Origin and SpaceX.
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