Posted on 06/09/21
| News Source: Newsmax
Richard Branson, founder of Virgin Galactic, may have plans to beat Blue Origin founder Jeff Bezos in becoming the first billionaire to fly on their own suborbital spaceship according to a report from the website Parabolic Arc.
“Ever since I was five years old, I’ve dreamed of traveling to space,” Bezos wrote on Instagram earlier this week. “On July 20th, I will take that journey with my brother. The greatest adventure, with my best friend.”
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Branson tweeted a message of congratulations to Bezos after he announced this week that he and his brother Mark will be onboard the ship next month, but also included a note to “watch this space.”
“Many congratulations to @JeffBezos & his brother Mark on announcing spaceflight plans,” Branson tweeted on Monday. “Jeff started building @blueorigin in 2000, we started building @virgingalactic in 2004 & now both are opening up access to Space – how extraordinary! Watch this space…”
Parabolic Arc claimed in a report on Monday that “Virgin Galactic is working on a plan to send Branson on a suborbital flight aboard the VSS Unity SpaceShipTwo rocket plane over the July 4 holiday weekend, according to a source who requested anonymity.”
This would place Branson’s flight two weeks before Bezos’, but Virgin Galactic has not confirmed that their founder will be aboard.
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