Richard Branson’s Virgin Galactic space flights criticised as ‘dangerous, dead-end tech’

Sir Richard Branson’s bid to take passengers into orbit is dead-end and dangerous technology, Australian astronaut Andy Thomas says. Branson’s Virgin Galactic organisation was celebrating last week after successfully launching a rocket plane into space for the first time. SpaceShipTwo, VSS Unity, reached an altitude of 82,682 metres after […]

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