Things don’t always run smoothly for Virgin Galactic, although it is increasingly making progress. Now, those eager to make it into space on a plane may have more of a wait than they’d like though — because the company has had to push back its maiden voyage.
While it was hoped that the first flight out of its New Mexico Spaceport America would happen before the end of 2014, Branson has told David Letterman that the first flight will now happen some time early next spring. The rest of the team is repeating that message, too. “Customers are eager to fly, but they know we’ll fly them when we feel ready,” Virgin Galactic CEO George Whitesides said Wednesday. “Obviously we want to do it as quickly as possible, but we don’t want to rush it.”
Which is a good thing, even if it is frustrating for customers. I mean, when you’re spending $US250,000 on a flight, you want it to be on time — but you’d also like to survive it too right? [Mashable]