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Virgin Galactic delays commercial flight to Feb 2027, launches spacecraft naming vote (pidgeon.news)
Virgin Galactic pushes first Delta-class commercial flight to Feb 2027, but you can name the spacecraft: Horizon, Explorer, Ascend, or Apeiron. Vote by Aug 27.
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The Angry Astronaut @angryastro.bsky.social Solar radiation and cosmic rays are two of the most potent threats to deep space missions. Robots can suffer damage from space radiation. Humans are far more vulnerable. But a new breakthrough may eliminate a lot if ghe danger and make deep space […]