tater Posted June 15 Share Posted June 15 5 minutes ago, GuessingEveryDay said: Well, that begs the question, which country will be the next to include military operations in space? US and Russia(maybe?) are the first, who could be next? Loads of astronauts are ex-military (pilots, generally). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GuessingEveryDay Posted June 15 Share Posted June 15 10 minutes ago, tater said: Loads of astronauts are ex-military (pilots, generally). However which countries are preparing for military action? USA and Russia are the easy answers with spy satellites and whatnot, maybe China, but what other countries are doing the same? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tater Posted June 15 Share Posted June 15 2 minutes ago, GuessingEveryDay said: However which countries are preparing for military action? USA and Russia are the easy answers with spy satellites and whatnot, maybe China, but what other countries are doing the same? I'm not sure how a suborbital joy ride maps to military action. I assume they are training up some of their pilots with the thought they might move on to become ESA astronauts? Or just to say they have pilots who have been in space? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darthgently Posted June 16 Share Posted June 16 9 hours ago, GuessingEveryDay said: Well, that begs the question, which country will be the next to include military operations in space? US and Russia(maybe?) are the first, who could be next? It could be simply that they are giving the Italian AF a great deal so VG can post a PR statement like the above and the Italian AF agreed for PR reasons also; kind of spaceforce-ish. Who knows? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Exoscientist Posted June 19 Share Posted June 19 On 5/23/2023 at 4:01 PM, tater said: So Stratolaunch got Cosmic Girl, Rocket Lab got their shop in CA, and Launcher/Vast got the other stuff. Virgin Orbit is no more. Who got the engines? Bob Clark Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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tater Posted June 29 Share Posted June 29 finally live Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tater Posted August 10 Share Posted August 10 They're flying their contraption again today: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tater Posted August 10 Share Posted August 10 youtube not actually live, dropped a while ago Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magnemoe Posted August 10 Share Posted August 10 12 minutes ago, tater said: youtube not actually live, dropped a while ago Makes some sense to not have it live, say some puke,the passengers paid lot for this as its expensive. Also this was an hairy experience. Lady front left you should put snake heads on the tips on your dreads. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StrandedonEarth Posted September 9 Share Posted September 9 They flew a more secretive commercial mission yesterday. Virgin Galactic completes third commercial SpaceShipTwo flight - SpaceNews Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tater Posted October 3 Share Posted October 3 The day before Balloon Fiesta starts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StrandedonEarth Posted November 3 Share Posted November 3 Another flight in the books, six in six months.! After leading NASA’s mission to Pluto, Alan Stern flies to space himself | Ars Technica Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tater Posted November 7 Share Posted November 7 Can't be good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StrandedonEarth Posted November 8 Share Posted November 8 (edited) Oh. Pity. E: They appear to be hunkering down and conserving funding to get the next Delta-class vehicles operational. Virgin Galactic lays off staff as it focuses on next-generation suborbital vehicle - SpaceNews Edited November 8 by StrandedonEarth Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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