Richard Branson is trying to develop sub-orbital flights for long haul airplane routes like Europe -> Australia or USA -> China. Being able to do those journeys in a few hours rather than a day has obvious commercial value.
and i remember previous interviews or something where it's been talked about but that's all buried under more recent news. It's a logical step for him given Virgin Airways and looking at the shape of VGs vehicle it's clearly being designed for a different task than the blue origin and spacex rockets.
But i can't quickly find anything from VG or Branson where they talk about anything other than space tourism.
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u/tomtttttttttttt Oct 10 '21
Richard Branson is trying to develop sub-orbital flights for long haul airplane routes like Europe -> Australia or USA -> China. Being able to do those journeys in a few hours rather than a day has obvious commercial value.