How Virgin Galactic, regulators and the public respond to this most recent tragedy will determine whether and how soon private space travel can transcend that playground.

维珍银河公司、监管机构和公众如何应对这起最近发生的悲剧，将决定私人太空旅行能否以及多久能超越这块天地。

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On the flip side, companies like Virgin Galactic are plotting a bottom-up assault on the space dream by making it a reality to the public.

另一方面，维珍银河等公司正在策划对太空梦发动一场自下而上的袭击，让普通大众也能够实现自己的太空邀游梦想。

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In an interview last year with The Economist, George Whitesides, chief executive of space-tourism firm Virgin Galactic, was placing his company in the latter category.

在去年接受《经济学人》采访时，太空旅游公司维珍银河的首席执行官乔治·怀特赛兹将他的公司归为后一类。

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Now he has joined with aviation designer Burt Rutan to form a new space travel company, Virgin Galactic.

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Sir Richard Branson is also expected to give an update on his Virgin Galactic space tourism plans.

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Richard, his wife, Joan, their two children and his parents were all planning to fly into space whenever Richard launches Virgin Galactic, his commercial space-flight venture.

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Among them are Xcor Aerospace Inc, which hopes to join Virgin Galactic in the space tourism business.

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