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    Preparing for “Earth to Earth” space travel and a competition with supersonic airliners

    by Thomas Burghardt December 26, 2020
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    Commercial spaceflight companies are preparing to enter a new market: suborbital flights from one place to another on Earth. Aiming for fast transportation for passengers and cargo, these systems are being developed by a combination of established companies, such as SpaceX and Virgin Galactic, and new ones like Astra.

    Technical and business challenges lie ahead for this new frontier, and an important piece is the coming wave of supersonic aircraft which could offer safer but slower alternatives to spaceflight. These two different approaches could face off in the 2020s to be the future of transportation on Earth.

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    by Phillip Gaynor October 24, 2020
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    Starhopper successfully conducts debut Boca Chica Hop

    by Thomas Burghardt July 25, 2019
    July 25, 2019

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    by Michael Baylor June 2, 2019
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    SpaceX considering Starship test launches from Pad 39A

    by Michael Baylor May 17, 2019
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    April 3, 2019

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    by Thomas Burghardt January 14, 2019
    January 14, 2019

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    by Chris Gebhardt September 17, 2018
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    by Chris Gebhardt September 29, 2017
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    by Alejandro G. Belluscio October 3, 2016
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