Virgin Galactic Prioritizes Flying Branson This Year Over Starting Ops
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Credit: Paul Kane
Virgin Galactic remains committed to becoming the first commercial human spaceflight provider this year, but it could entail just lofting co-founder and celebrity entrepreneur Richard Branson rather than starting regular operations as previously forecast. “While we would like to have some initial...
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