Gizmodo : Environment

We’re rapidly approaching the quarter mark of the 21st century, but instead of being at the brink of a radical transformative stage, such as the futuristic vision akin to Arthur C. Clarke’s Star Child from 2001: A Space Odyssey, we’re still throwing proverbial bones into the sky.

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It’s time to look back at spaceflight in 2023, a real “two steps forward, one step back” kind of year, filled with highs, lows, and everything in between.

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Following Richard Branson’s announcement of halting further financial contributions, the stock price of Virgin Galactic experienced a significant drop of over 17% by Monday’s close. This latest complication adds to a series of challenges the company has faced, including recent layoffs and a suspension of commercial…

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Arianespace’s latest Vega mission failed to deploy two of its payloads to orbit, likely due to a failure with the release mechanism with the rocket’s upper stage.

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Richard Branson, next to Virgin Orbit's Cosmic Girl
Richard Branson's Virgin Orbit has filed for bankruptcy protection.
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Richard Branson at Virgin Orbit
Virgin Orbit was founded by Richard Branson in 2017.
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Welcome back, readers. I'm Phil Rosen, writing to you from New York. 

Now that it's April, we can say a spate of banks collapsed last month, but the repercussions of the crisis continue to unfold as if it all happened yesterday. 

The chatter now centers around a looming credit crunch —  but the troubling part is that red flags were flying well before we heard a peep from Silicon Valley Bank.

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We made it to Friday, readers. I'm Paayal Zaveri and it's another busy one today. 

There's no way around it: The biggest news of the day doesn't come from the world of tech. 

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Sir Richard Branson stands on the wing of a Virgin Atlantic Boeing 747 at Heathrow Airport.
Sir Richard Branson stands on the wing of a Virgin Atlantic Boeing 747 at Heathrow Airport.