The Boeing 747 has a very special place in my heart: we began service on my first airline, Virgin Atlantic, with just one leased 747, i never imagined that today one of our 747s would get a second chance and help open access to space. I’m absolutely thrilled that Cosmic Girl can stay in the Virgin family — and truly live up to her name!

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Although we passed a major milestone in December, we still have a way to go in testing the many factors that can affect a flight.

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I've been so proud of the [ Virgin Galactic ] team, how they've responded to [ the tragedy ] and really moved forward with a sense of urgency, we're about to enter into sort of the highest and fastest part of our flight test program.

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You look at climate change, or you look at certain peace and security issues, these are issues that can not be handled just by one country or one city, they're issues that have to be handled at a really a global scale.

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I'm talking about, potentially, orbital flight or even staying a week on a space station or going around the moon, or going even farther than that.

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Then we'll be in a position where we could be doing commercial se... by Virgin Galactic

Then we'll be in a position where we could be doing commercial service.

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We think a lot about risk in this company, and we know that we will not have a business if we do not have a product that we feel confident flying on ourselves.

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Air launch enables us to provide rapid, responsive service to our satellite customers on a schedule set by their business and operational needs, rather than the constraints of national launch ranges, selecting the 747 airframe provides a dedicated platform that gives us the capacity to substantially increase our payload to orbit without increasing our prices.

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It could dramatically help close the wealth gap. by Virgin Galactic

It could dramatically help close the wealth gap.

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The OneWeb system will extend the networks of mobile operators globally, enabling them to provide coverage to rural and remote areas.

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Yes, the risk is worth it, and as I say, Mike would have been the first to say that. I'm sure his parents and his wife and his sisters would not say that, but test pilots would say that because they know the risk they're taking. That they know the importance of what they're doing.

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