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Spaceflight@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 6 days ago

Virgin Galactic seeks to raise money to accelerate growth of spaceplane fleet

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Virgin Galactic seeks to raise money to accelerate growth of spaceplane fleet

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Spaceflight@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 6 days ago

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Virgin Galactic seeks to raise money to accelerate growth of spaceplane fleet - SpaceNews

Virgin Galactic is proposing to raise $300 million in additional capital to accelerate production of suborbital spaceplanes and a mothership aircraft.

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Which of VG’s airframes fell apart?
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  Oh the conclusion was pilot error:
  
  https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/co-pilots-error-caused-virgin-galactic-crash-says-ntsb-180956101/
  
  But reading the through the findings you’d think there would’ve been some failsafe system before the maneuver

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