Podcast: John Garvey, chief engineer of launch, Virgin Orbit

John Garvey, chief engineer of launch for Virgin Orbit, discusses the company reaching space with its air-launched rocket and the challenges of testing and launching horizontally underneath an aircraft wing. This interview was conducted shortly after California-based Virgin Orbit successfully reached space for the first time with its LauncherOne rocket in January 2020. Garvey, who has a worked in launches since the 1980s, discusses how launch procedures and testing have to be modified for a...