welshmanec2 t1_iu9tya3 wrote on October 29, 2022 at 5:59 PM

Reply to comment by pm_me_ur_ephemerides in Amazon may have to turn to SpaceX for help launching its Starlink rival service by Soupjoe5

Bezos is more a competitor to Richard Branson. SpaceX is an actual space company.

toodroot t1_iub81v2 wrote on October 30, 2022 at 12:10 AM

Branson spun off Virgin Orbit from Virgin Global. Virgin Orbit has been to orbit.

MakionGarvinus t1_iua6659 wrote on October 29, 2022 at 7:25 PM

I'd even put Virgin Galactic ahead of Blue Origin. In the sense of going orbital, their contraption is a few more boosters away from that.

Shrike99 t1_iubpb70 wrote on October 30, 2022 at 2:32 AM

Virgin Galactic will never reach orbit. Virgin Orbit however have already done so, and as a sister company I think it's fair to lump them together for the purposes of comparing to Blue Origin.