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Virgin Galactic seeks to raise money to accelerate growth of spaceplane fleet(spacenews.com)

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burble@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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Maybe they’ll con someone into it. Or pull an Astra, go private, and then con someone new.

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threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.worksOPM
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You don’t think their current business model is viable?

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burble@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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What business?

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threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.worksOPM
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Fair point. They did have a decent launch cadence in 2023, but their existing fleet was evidently not profitable enough.

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