Reply to post: Virgin Orbit

All change at NASA while Proton launches and India's Moon dream suffers a snag

Starace

Virgin Orbit

Am I alone in being slightly underwhelmed by their efforts?

They strapped a missile launcher to the engine ferry point so not exactly a huge amount of work to the aircraft, and launching missiles from under aircraft wings has been a thing for a good few decades now.

Even the X15 was launched the same way!

It's interesting and all that but not exactly pushing the boundaries of space science is it?

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