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Virgin galactic does go to orbit: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virgin_Orbit https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virgin_Orbit They launched satellites earlier this y
by blhack 5y ago
Virgin galactic does go to orbit: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virgin_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.
- JshWright 5y agoVirgin Galactic doesn't go to orbit, Virgin Orbit does.
- api 5y agoWow... I didn't even know about that. I stand corrected. SpaceX is still way ahead though.
- JshWright 5y ago"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.