Comments on: Virgin Galactic again delays first commercial flight https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/virgin-galactic-again-delays-first-commercial-flight/ Wed, 05 Aug 2020 14:52:46 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Andy R https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/virgin-galactic-again-delays-first-commercial-flight/#comment-1085931 Wed, 05 Aug 2020 14:52:46 +0000 https://behindtheblack.com/?p=68059#comment-1085931 Let’s see… SpaceX launched its Crew Dragon ‘Endeavour’ in May and after 2 months docked to ISS it splashed down in the Gulf of Mexico. Two days later its SN5 prototype does a 150 meter hop.

Blue Origin – nothing since December.

NASA/Boeing SLS – delayed yet again.

Virgin Galactic SpceShipTwo – delayed yet again

And Virgin Galactic just released the design of a 19 passenger, Mach 3 jet. Considering how long it takes VG to build and test things, it should be flying passengers somewhere around 2060, if they haven’t been driven to bankruptcy by Starships doing ballistic hops all over the planet.

]]> By: Chris https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/virgin-galactic-again-delays-first-commercial-flight/#comment-1085915 Wed, 05 Aug 2020 10:43:44 +0000 https://behindtheblack.com/?p=68059#comment-1085915 To save space Bob from here on out just put in the title “Virgin Galactic”.
We will know it’s another delay.

]]> By: LocalFluff https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/virgin-galactic-again-delays-first-commercial-flight/#comment-1085866 Tue, 04 Aug 2020 16:44:53 +0000 https://behindtheblack.com/?p=68059#comment-1085866 It’s as if some space flight projects aim at the event horizon of a black hole. The closer they get, the slower they move. From our perspective, nothing will ever cross the horizon to become an event. Still, the black hole is somehow there already and accretes masses of monies for eternity.

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