Britain takes stake in SpaceX rival Orbex to boost space ambitions newsthirst.
The U.K. government announced Wednesday a £20 million ($24.8 million) investment in Orbex, a Scottish spaceflight startup aiming to rival Elon Musk’s SpaceX. The investment — part of a larger funding round that’s being raised by the firm — was revealed at the European Space Conference in Brussels. Orbex raised £23 million for its latest…