Enlarge / Sir Richard Branson flying, finally. (credit: Virgin Galactic) During the historic spaceflight of Sir Richard Branson in July, near the end of the burn of the VSS Unity spacecraft’s engine, a red light appeared on a console. This alerted the crew to an “entry glide-cone warning.” Pilots Dave Mackay and Mike Masucci faced a […]
Virgin Galactic Test Pilot Mark “Forger” Stucky is seen during a ceremony at the National Air and Space Museum in Washington, DC, on February 7, 2019. [credit: JIM WATSON/AFP via Getty Images ] I have always struggled with what to think about Virgin Galactic, the brilliantly marketed space-tourism company founded by Sir Richard Branson in […]