Virgin Galactic has completed its first commercial flight into space. Galactic 01 carried a crew of six on its roughly 90-minute flight to the edge of space.
  • NewEnglandRedshirt@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    1 year ago

    Richard Branson: So we’ve done the space thing… I wonder if anyone has tried running for-profit submarine adventures to the Titanic…

    • assassinatedbyCIA@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      1 year ago

      Check out virgin oceanic. They were actually going to use a carbon fibre sub but they pulled out once they realised that the sub could only be safely used once.

      • YMS@kbin.social
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        1 year ago

        Virgin Oceanic was apparently founded in 2009, the same year as OceanGate. So Branson wasn’t even late to the party.