IT MAY SEEM AS IF WE’VE BEEN
GOING NOWHERE FOR DECADES.
BUT A NEW AGE OF SPACE TRAVEL
IS COMING, MIXING EXPLORATION
WITH A RACE FOR PROFITS.
LEFT: Virgin Galactic’s
VSS Unity, shown in
2015 , has flown higher
than 50 miles, the dis-
tance NASA considers
the beginning of space.
BY SAM HOWE VERHOVEK PHOTOGRAPHS BY DAN WINTERS
WHAT’S NEXT
LIFTOFF!