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Letter: Galactic brain says resist rocket-powered hyperbole

Published 30 October 2019

From Martin Pitt, Leeds, UK

For Elon Musk to give the name Starship to a rocket intended to go to Mars might be considered something of an exaggeration (5 October, p 5). It is, though, nothing compared with the hype of suborbital hops promised by Virgin Galactic.

Issue no. 3254 published 2 November 2019

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