The Morning After: Virgin Galactic’s first private passenger spaceflight will launch next month

The Morning After: Virgin Galactic’s first private passenger spaceflight will launch next month

Virgin Galactic, having flown its first commercial spaceflight in late June, is ready to take civilians to the edge of space, briefly. The company plans to launch its first private passenger flight, Galactic 02, as soon as August 10th. Virgin isn’t yet revealing the names of everyone involved, but there will be three passengers aboard, … Read more

UK competition regulator extends Microsoft-Activision investigation by six weeks

The saga over whether regulators will allow Microsoft to purchase Activision Blizzard for $68.7 billion will last at least a little longer. Citing insufficient time, the United Kingdom’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has given itself an additional six weeks to consider Microsoft’s “detailed and complex submission” arguing for the merger. The CMA will now … Read more

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