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From what I get Virgin Galactic was under extremely high pressure to get their founder into space by end of 2014 because of contractual obligations with their A
by m_mueller 12y ago
From what I get Virgin Galactic was under extremely high pressure to get their founder into space by end of 2014 because of contractual obligations with their Arab sponsors. That may have led them to do riskier stuff in order to advance as quickly as possible after lots of delays with their machine. They seem to be in a pretty bad spot now unfortunately.