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Originally Posted by motion
This is shocking news. It was on my list to do one of these flights. VG has kiosks at all the Virgin Galaxy lounges. I've been following it for years. Really, really terrible news for the private space travel industry.
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Read up on the history of military test flying at places like Edwards AFB as well as the setbacks of the U.S. space program. Lots of smoking holes out there with brave men's remains in them. These billionaires all want to be Chuck Yeager and Neil Armstrong and guess what, you can get killed. Yes, it's sad for the families involved and a setback for private space junketeering but smoking holes in the ground are part of the deal.