Space Tourism Faces Challenges Despite Virgin Galactic's Test Flight Success

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Source: Ars Technica
Space Tourism Faces Challenges Despite Virgin Galactic's Test Flight Success
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Virgin Galactic successfully returned to human spaceflight after a nearly two-year hiatus. Virgin Orbit is being sold for parts. South Korea’s Nuri rocket completed its third launch, marking the first time a Korean launch vehicle has carried commercial payloads to space. The Spaceport Company hosted four sounding rocket launches with the support of Evolution Space on Monday from a platform in the Gulf of Mexico. There are more than 80 operational, planned, and announced spaceports and major ballistic missile testing sites globally.

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