Richard branson's flight reached an altitude of 282 thousand feet, or 53 miles above the earth. The rocket and capsule separated at about 250 thousand feet for the descent,. So the rocket landed first. Out of the 16 new shepherd rides, the booster rocket has landed safely 15 times. Neither company competes with space x and ned of their delivery rockets, which are just not even comparable.
In news Jason covers Bezos reaching space (2:32), Robinhood's S-1/A (13:28), Circle's new USDC attestation (22:25), crypto crackdown in Asia (36:06), Zoom buying Five9 for almost $15B (46:00)
Keith Rabois' OpenStore (47:11). Then for our Next Unicorns series, Jason interviews Flock Safety CEO Garrett Langely, about reducing crime in American cities and neighborhoods (50:18).