Comments on: Virgin Orbit signs deal with Brazil to launch from that country https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/virgin-orbit-signs-deal-with-brazil-to-launch-from-that-country/ Sat, 01 May 2021 00:14:56 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Jay https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/virgin-orbit-signs-deal-with-brazil-to-launch-from-that-country/#comment-1128466 Sat, 01 May 2021 00:14:56 +0000 https://behindtheblack.com/?p=75293#comment-1128466 Chris,
I know it is a common Portuguese name, but who knows, we might be family. Most of my relatives are around Middletown, Newport, Portsmouth R.I. and Fall River, MA.

]]> By: Chris Lopes https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/virgin-orbit-signs-deal-with-brazil-to-launch-from-that-country/#comment-1128372 Fri, 30 Apr 2021 16:30:51 +0000 https://behindtheblack.com/?p=75293#comment-1128372 @Jay
Actually I’m from southeastern Massachusetts, about 10 minutes from the RI boarder.

]]> By: Jay https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/virgin-orbit-signs-deal-with-brazil-to-launch-from-that-country/#comment-1128193 Thu, 29 Apr 2021 23:21:52 +0000 https://behindtheblack.com/?p=75293#comment-1128193 Here is Bob’s article: https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/virgin-galactic-delays-its-next-suborbital-flight-again/#comments

]]> By: Jay https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/virgin-orbit-signs-deal-with-brazil-to-launch-from-that-country/#comment-1128190 Thu, 29 Apr 2021 23:20:59 +0000 https://behindtheblack.com/?p=75293#comment-1128190 Chris,
Remember Virgin Orbit is the spinoff company just like the old Orbital ATK with the Pegasus rocket, the one over at Spaceport America is Virgin Galactic. I remember Bob’s article a few months ago saying the first tourist test flight there will be in May, but regular tourist flights will not start for another year.

One question I always wanted to ask you, I noticed your last name, is your family out of Rhode Island?

]]> By: Chris Lopes https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/virgin-orbit-signs-deal-with-brazil-to-launch-from-that-country/#comment-1128116 Thu, 29 Apr 2021 18:30:45 +0000 https://behindtheblack.com/?p=75293#comment-1128116 So what happened to the space port in NM that Branson conned the tax payers of that state to build?

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