Virgin Galactic, headed by billionaire Richard Branson, plans to launch the first mass-commercial space flight in 2022.
These endeavors signal the space industry’s shift from the government to the private sector.
“There’s a lot of reasons for this.
One of them is cost.
… We’ve seen public agencies likeNASAstart to utilize commercial technologies and leverage those to get to space.”
One of the most notable examples is SpaceX.
