https://www.popsci.com/story/science/blue-origin-virgin-orbit-flights-2021/
Space is a big place, with ample room for all kinds of activities that companies, researchers, and tourists might pay to pursue. And for many of those goals, SpaceX’s beefy Falcon rockets are overkill. Last week, two companies developing unique technologies specifically suited for more modest missions passed major milestones: Virgin Orbit launched nearly a dozen small satellites into orbit using an airplane-mounted rocket, and Blue Origin prepared to send astronauts to the edge of space with the fourteenth test of its New Shephard rocket, foreshadowing another year of growth for space companies large and small. Here’s what we have to look forward to.
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January 21, 2021 at 12:08PM