and poof, just like that, it was gone.

Richard Branson's Virgin Orbit went public with a valuation of nearly $4 billion in December 2021.

15 months later, it is laying off 85% of its workforce, and has lost 89% of it's stock value in just 2023

https://www.thestreet.com/technology/sir-richard-bransons-virgin-orbit-collapses