Virgin Galactic?
Richard Branson has a vision. And that vision is to offer trips to space on his VIrgin Galactic spaceways. After the SpaceShipOne won the Ansari X prize for $10 million, Richard Branson and his Virgin Group invested to create 5 ships that will carry passengers to space. Even if its only for a few minutes.
The initial cost would be too high, probably in the hundreds of thousands of dollars so it’ll only be a for the mega rich, but if this is going to be anything like air travel, the prices will go down enough to where regular joes like us can take these trips.
All-in-all, I applaud Branson for taking these kinds of risks, which is why he is my favorite entrepreneur, although his show “The Rebel Billionaire” kind of blows. But Branson is just the type of guy with enough balls and cash to bring this type of stuff to reality. This could create a whole new industry in itself!
The interesting thing about this really is that Branson actually trademarked the name VIrgin Galactic back in 1995. Talk about forward thinking.
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BBC NEWS | Science/Nature | Virgin soars towards new frontier
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