{"id":8231,"date":"2021-07-13T10:16:14","date_gmt":"2021-07-13T17:16:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.orderlyrandomness.com\/blog\/?p=8231"},"modified":"2021-07-20T13:24:23","modified_gmt":"2021-07-20T20:24:23","slug":"virgin-galactic-goes-lives","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.orderlyrandomness.com\/blog\/2021\/07\/13\/virgin-galactic-goes-lives\/","title":{"rendered":"Virgin Galactic goes lives"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Richard Branson and Virgin Galactic have won the race in first to tourist space<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"embedly-card\" data-card-controls=\"1\" data-card-align=\"center\" data-card-theme=\"light\"><h4><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=G9MfbCjICH0\">Watch Richard Branson fly to space (Virgin Galactic Unity22 supercut)<\/a><\/h4><p>Richard Branson has beat his billionaire rivals into space, successfully launching and landing on Virgin Galactic&#8217;s Unity 22 mission &#8212; watch the historic flight here. Subscribe to CNET: https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/CNETTV Like us on Facebook: https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/cnet Follow us on Twitter: https:\/\/www.twitter.com\/cnet Follow us on Instagram: http:\/\/bit.ly\/2icCYYm Follow us on TikTok: https:\/\/vm.tiktok.com\/ZMd2h6yac\/<\/p><\/blockquote><script async src=\"\/\/cdn.embedly.com\/widgets\/platform.js\" charset=\"UTF-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The big picture:&nbsp;<\/strong>Virgin Galactic is in direct competition with Bezos&#8217; Blue Origin for a piece of the suborbital space tourism market.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Bezos is expected to fly on his company&#8217;s system for its first human flight on July 20.<\/li><li>Elon Musk&#8217;s SpaceX, on the other hand, isn&#8217;t interested in suborbital space tourism.<\/li><li>Instead, his company has created a more powerful system that sends astronauts to the International Space Station, with plans to launch a fully-civilian crew in September.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-thehill wp-block-embed-thehill\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"embedly-card\" data-card-controls=\"1\" data-card-align=\"center\" data-card-theme=\"light\"><h4><a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/opinion\/technology\/562638-get-ready-for-the-virgin-galactic-jingle-richard-bransons-space-flight\">Richard Branson&#8217;s launch changes the way we look at space<\/a><\/h4><p>SpaceShip Two&#8217;s launch of a privately financed human spaceflight was the first of its kind. Get ready for the Virgin Galactic jingle.<\/p><\/blockquote><script async src=\"\/\/cdn.embedly.com\/widgets\/platform.js\" charset=\"UTF-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.orderlyrandomness.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/1626018417668-1-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8233\" width=\"391\" height=\"219\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.orderlyrandomness.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/1626018417668-1-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.orderlyrandomness.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/1626018417668-1-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.orderlyrandomness.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/1626018417668-1-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.orderlyrandomness.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/1626018417668-1-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.orderlyrandomness.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/1626018417668-1-1200x675-cropped.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.orderlyrandomness.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/1626018417668-1.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 391px) 100vw, 391px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"36\" src=\"https:\/\/www.orderlyrandomness.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/banner2-1-1024x36.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3467\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.orderlyrandomness.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/banner2-1-1024x36.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.orderlyrandomness.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/banner2-1-300x11.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.orderlyrandomness.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/banner2-1-768x27.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.orderlyrandomness.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/banner2-1.jpg 1105w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.orderlyrandomness.com\/blog\/2021\/07\/07\/wheres-my-miracle\/#comment-1622\"><strong>G\/6\u00a5<\/strong>, I&#8217;m relinking your comment<\/a> just in case anyone happens to see the post today and wants to reply.  Good luck!  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"36\" src=\"https:\/\/www.orderlyrandomness.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/banner-1024x36.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3451\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.orderlyrandomness.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/banner-1024x36.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.orderlyrandomness.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/banner-300x11.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.orderlyrandomness.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/banner-768x27.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.orderlyrandomness.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/banner.jpg 1129w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n<div><p align=center><font color=\"#FF0000\">Thank you <font color=\"#FF6347\">for reading <font color=\"#FFA500\">today's post. \r\n<font color=\"#FFD700\">Have <font color=\"00FF00\">an <font color=\"40E0D0\">InterStellar <font color=\"800080\">Day! <font color=\"FE09FF\"> ~PrP   <\/p><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Richard Branson and Virgin Galactic have won the race in first to tourist space The big picture:&nbsp;Virgin Galactic is in direct competition with Bezos&#8217; Blue Origin for a piece of the suborbital space tourism market. 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