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AdamHominem | 4 years ago

Neither Virgin nor Blue Origin actually go into orbit or even "space", and both have a trash safety culture and a not-much-better record:

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/30/science/jeff-bezos-blue-o...

https://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/the-red-warning-lig...

This is obviously a PR stunt, but the point of the stunt it to get people to think Blue Origin = "space"

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DerekL|4 years ago

No, Blue Origin really does go into space. But it's good to point out the huge difference between going to space and staying there.