It comes after Virgin Orbit in 2022 unveiled a similar ambition to turn Toowoomba Wellcamp Airport into a “horizontal launch” spaceport, before the firm collapsed following the failure of its first landmark launch in the UK.
The Albanese and Malinauskas governments have announced $2.4 billion in rescue funding to save the Whyalla Steelworks after the facility was forced into administration.
The joint service multi-role combat aircraft, which can take off and hover like a helicopter before transitioning to turboprop aircraft flight, was cleared for service by US Naval Air Systems Command on 8 March.
Mara didn’t sleep that night. She sat at her kitchen table with the laptop open, the tunnel’s live feed running in one window and a spreadsheet in another.
It comes after Virgin Orbit in 2022 unveiled a similar ambition to turn Toowoomba Wellcamp Airport into a “horizontal launch” spaceport, before the firm collapsed following the failure of its first landmark launch in the UK.
