With Virgin's Collapse, Musk is Left With the Bigger Rocket 🚀
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Last week, Virgin Orbit filed for bankruptcy after failing to secure key funding that would have helped it stay afloat. Virgin's problems began in January though, when a rocket containing commercial and defense-related research satellites failed to reach orbit. Virgin had pinned everything on the January launch, its sixth since being spun off from Branson's space tourism firm Virgin Galactic.