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Virgin Galactic

Acquired

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Spaceship One Is Not Ready for Virgin Galactic Safety Measures

In two thousand seven, we still don't have of spaceship to ready, or really even close to ready. And three scaled employees were killed in an explosion when they were testing these engine components. Shortly after that, is, ay, the very next month northrop acquires olive scaled. So you've got some transition happening here where the major technology provider to the spaceship company is now part of northrop. It's like the classic sophor engineering aphorism: All you have left then is the second ninety nine per cent....

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