While Virgin Galactic trails behind Blue Origin, which has already commenced civilian space launches, it is closer to achieving passenger spaceflights than SpaceX. Although SpaceX announced its lunar tourism plans years ago, it has yet to send a crewed Starship rocket into space. However, this is not a cause for concern for SpaceX, as Virgin Galactic concentrates on suborbital flights that are less ambitious but more affordable. In contrast, SpaceX’s Starship aims to cater to both lunar orbits for tourists and NASA’s Moon landing missions.
