Virgin Galactic delays first flight of its new suborbital craft while cutting workforceVirgin Galactic has trimmed its work force by 7% even as it announced a delay in the first flight of its new Delta suborbital spacecraft from this summer to the fall.
Virgin Galactic Holdings Inc. cut 7% of its workforce as it works to bring to market an upgraded spaceplane central to its plans to expand suborbital tourism and research operations.
The Richard Branson-founded company plans to resume private space tourism trips in the autumn of 2026 after its Delta spacecraft’s first commercial flight, a research mission that was delayed from summer 2026 to also occur in the fall.
It still remains to be seen whether the business model for suborbital hops is viable and profitable. Blue Origin’s New Shepard has been flying somewhat regularly, and appears to have a customer base, but whether it is making a profit remains unknown. Virgin Galactic is deep in the red, and has done no flights for several years as it builds a new spacecraft. Both face stiff competition from the orbital market, which offers a much better product though at a much higher price.
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The print edition can be purchased at Amazon or from any other book seller. If you want an autographed copy the price is $60 for the hardback and $45 for the paperback, plus $8 shipping for each. Go here for purchasing details. The ebook is available everywhere for $5.99 (before discount) at amazon, or direct from my ebook publisher, ebookit. If you buy it from ebookit you don't support the big tech companies and the author gets a bigger cut much sooner.
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"Not simply about one mission, [Genesis] is also the history of America's quest for the moon... Zimmerman has done a masterful job of tying disparate events together into a solid account of one of America's greatest human triumphs."--San Antonio Express-News
Virgin Galactic has trimmed its work force by 7% even as it announced a delay in the first flight of its new Delta suborbital spacecraft from this summer to the fall.
Virgin Galactic Holdings Inc. cut 7% of its workforce as it works to bring to market an upgraded spaceplane central to its plans to expand suborbital tourism and research operations.
The Richard Branson-founded company plans to resume private space tourism trips in the autumn of 2026 after its Delta spacecraft’s first commercial flight, a research mission that was delayed from summer 2026 to also occur in the fall.
It still remains to be seen whether the business model for suborbital hops is viable and profitable. Blue Origin’s New Shepard has been flying somewhat regularly, and appears to have a customer base, but whether it is making a profit remains unknown. Virgin Galactic is deep in the red, and has done no flights for several years as it builds a new spacecraft. Both face stiff competition from the orbital market, which offers a much better product though at a much higher price.
On Christmas Eve 1968 three Americans became the first humans to visit another world. What they did to celebrate was unexpected and profound, and will be remembered throughout all human history. Genesis: the Story of Apollo 8, Robert Zimmerman's classic history of humanity's first journey to another world, tells that story, and it is now available as both an ebook and an audiobook, both with a foreword by Valerie Anders and a new introduction by Robert Zimmerman.
The print edition can be purchased at Amazon or from any other book seller. If you want an autographed copy the price is $60 for the hardback and $45 for the paperback, plus $8 shipping for each. Go here for purchasing details. The ebook is available everywhere for $5.99 (before discount) at amazon, or direct from my ebook publisher, ebookit. If you buy it from ebookit you don't support the big tech companies and the author gets a bigger cut much sooner.
The audiobook is also available at all these vendors, and is also free with a 30-day trial membership to Audible.
"Not simply about one mission, [Genesis] is also the history of America's quest for the moon... Zimmerman has done a masterful job of tying disparate events together into a solid account of one of America's greatest human triumphs."--San Antonio Express-News
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