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Re:Virgin Orbit to lay off 85 percent of staff, freeze opera... by jillesvangurp on Friday March 31, 2023 @10:23PM (#35396411)
SpaceX went through a similarly fragile stage where it nearly went bankrupt before it turned things around and managed to get the Falcon 9 going. Elon Musk got lucky with securing funding at the last minute. And of course he did take on a lot of personal financial risk at the time. Maybe the difference between Branson and Musk is how far they are willing to go.
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Re:Virgin Orbit to lay off 85 percent of staff, freeze opera... by fuzzfactor on Saturday April 01, 2023 @10:56AM (#35400787)
Maybe also a lot of difference in what kind of engineering could be a foundation before becoming a billionaire?

It is kind of a space race after all.

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