Virgin Galacticaims to give non-professional people a space experience. Founded by Richard Branson in 2004, the company continues to work to realize the dreams of space enthusiasts. Going to a certain height is magnificent world landscape and non-gravity environment Virgin Galactic, which wants to keep its experience alive, is planning to launch in the last quarter of this year. space tourism had to postpone its venture due to supply problems.
Why is commercial space travel so expensive?
While space travel used to be a part of research and development studies, it has now become a commercial activity.
Supply chain problems have also negatively affected space tourism!
Virgin Galacticannounced that it is delaying the launch of its suborbital space tourism service due to escalating supply chain issues and workforce constraints. The company announced that the first cruises, which are scheduled to begin later this year, in the first quarter of 2023 stated that it will.
Virgin Galactic CEO Michael Colglazier said in a statement:
We are executing our industry plans by developing the fleet of the future, investing in digital manufacturing technologies and creating our commercial strategy to deliver a unique consumer experience.
Against the backdrop of increasing supply chain and workforce constraints, our teams are addressing issues to minimize impact on calendars. We look forward to returning to space in the fourth quarter and starting commercial service in the first quarter of next year.”
Later on supply chain issues Speaking about the company, the CEO said that the delivery times of the required high-performance metals are getting longer. Also, the company more engineers The manager said he hired them, but said the engineers have spread their time across multiple projects, including the next-generation spacecraft Imagine.
their customers to the edge of space Virgin Galactic aims to start their travels as soon as possible. 90 minutes The number requested from the customers for these suborbital tours 450 thousand dollars.
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