We’ll know soon if Astra—the commercial space company—has a future (arstechnica.com)
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WASHINGTON — Rocket Lab announced a new mission for its suborbital launch vehicle — a 3D-printed hypersonic drone built by Australia’s Hypersonix for the U.S. Defense Department....
WASHINGTON — Virgin Galactic said it will lay off staff and cut expenses to conserve resources for its next generation of suborbital spaceplanes....
In which Astra inexplicably continues to hang on by a thread.
Interesting tidbit:...
Nothing to see here, just Blue Origin continuing to achieve slow and small results on a large budget.
The Hyperbola-2 methane-liquid oxygen reusable verification stage rose to a height of 178 meters during its 51-second flight. It performed a powered descent and soft landing, supported by four landing legs. The 3.35-meter-diameter, 17m-long test stage is powered by a variable thrust Focus-1 engine....
Not too many details or specifics yet:...