Dawn of the Age of Space Tourism
Virgin Galactic—the California-based spaceflight subsidiary of archetypal billionaire cool guy Richard Branson’s Virgin Group—has announced the signing of a long-term lease for a new final-assembly manufacturing facility for its next-generation Delta class spaceships. The new structure—already under construction and slated to be fully-operational by late 2023—will be located in Mesa, Arizona, adjacent the Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport. When complete, the facility will have a yearly production capacity of six spacecraft—an ambitious objective that will bring hundreds of high-paying, aerospace engineering and manufacturing jobs to the Phoenix/Mesa area.
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