Vast

After months of speculation, potential, and disappointments, Virgin Orbit’s fate has been sealed. It will go down in history as a company that revolutionized an industry that it eventually couldn’t keep up with.

A company you probably have never heard of before, Vast, is looking to be the first company to launch and operate a private space station in low Earth orbit. The company announced Wednesday plans to leapfrog everyone else in the field in two years.