Richard Branson flies space

Billionaire Richard Branson, who wants to offer such flights, ventured on 
Sunday himself a test tour and flies for a few minutes into space.
The billionaires' race into space begins: Richard Branson boards a rocket plane developed by Virgin Galactic in the US state of New Mexico. This is to be brought first of all by a "mother ship" on a certain height. From there, it is to continue its journey under its own power and eventually hover up to 88 kilometers above the earth. Branson will be accompanied by two pilots and three other employees.

Branson, who will celebrate his 71st birthday a week after his planned flight, says it is very important to first venture the self-test before transporting tourists into space. But he stresses that he is not worried. And you can believe him. After all, the billionaire has often made headlines as an adventurer - for example, when he crossed the English Channel as a kite surfer or attempted to circumnavigate the globe in a hot air balloon.

Richard Branson's childhood dream
"As a child, I wanted to go into space. While this didn't seem very likely in my generation, I registered the name Virgin Galactic - with the idea of creating a company that would make this possible," Branson wrote in a blog this week. 17 years after founding Virgin Galactic, the billionaire is indeed close to achieving his goal. "It's fantastic where an idea can take you, no matter how far-fetched it may seem at first."

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