TECH - 'Planes Just Can't Compete:' Elon Musk Boasts Rocket-Booster Superiority After Richard Branson's Virgin Galactic Completes Tourist Flight | Benzinga
Rocket boosters are better for orbital spaceflights as compared to planes, SpaceX CEO Elon Musk said on Saturday, hours after Richard Branson‘s Virgin Galactic Holdings (NYSE:SPCE) took tourists to the edge of space and back on its VSS Unity spaceplane.
What Happened: Virgin Galactic on Saturday launched four tourists to a maximum altitude of 54.4 miles aboard its air-launched VSS Unity spaceplane, marking its second spaceflight this year.
The Galactic 07 mission marked the last commercial flight for the spaceplane before the company replaced it with its Delta class spaceships, expected to enter commercial flight in 2026.
Virgin Galactic uses a custom-built, four-engine, jet carrier aircraft called VMS Eve to take its ...