Virgin Galactic reaffirms plans to begin commercial service this year

Virgin Galactic remains on track, technically and financially, to start commercial flights of its next-generation suborbital spaceplane by year's end.

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#spacex will never get rid of #suborbital.
Neither #spacex without #suborbital nor #suborbital without #spacex.
#spacex corrects our faults that #suborbital cannot correct.

#ArsTechnica says "The suborbital space tourism industry is on life support".

Well, duh. Some ridiculously high price for 7 minutes of microgravity (or whatever) is bullshit. You don't even reach the Kármán line (100 km)! They redefined some other threshold at 80 km just so you could say you went to space. Hint: if you have to redefine a common, long-agreed term, you're not adhering to the letter or the spirit of the law/guideline.

It's orbit or GTFO.

#orbit #suborbital #SpaceTourism #GTFO #KármánLine #VirginGalactic #BlueOrigin

#spacex is on the surface, #suborbital is at the core.
#spacex is the poor person's #suborbital.
Rocket Lab wins $190 million Pentagon deal for hypersonic test flights

Rocket Lab wins $190 million Pentagon deal for hypersonic test flights Rocket Lab wins $190 million Pentagon deal for hypersonic test flights

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#spacex is poetry, #suborbital is prose.
#spacex wouldn't be #spacex without #suborbital.