Not really space...but ok.
VIDEO HERE!
WATCH: Richard Branson Launches Into Space Aboard His Virgin Galactic Rocket Plane
https://rumble.com/vjpgl9-richard-branson-launches-into-space-aboard-his-virgin-galactic-rocket-plane.html
Boring, amateur-level stuff compared to Musk.
Cheesy stunt. I got more thrills from Evil Kneivel.
“Hey guys we went 50 miles in the air”
You could have just used a big balloon.
This is like some nineteenth-century adventure novel by Jules Verne.
It’s nice that these trips will become more affordable, and I always enjoy watching these moments, but he ruined the moment with the choice of Colbert as host and having his team act like he was the Messiah during the broadcast.
And...how many hungry kids could the cost of this stunt fed?
Very interesting. Thanks for posting.
Can we leave them there
Please
....
these are the voyage of the spaced ship Galactica. It’s one shot mission to say I, I, I was first. To boldly go where many for seven decades have gone before minus. To search out Me Me Me...whoosh...
On a related note. FYI
“Che-loving Billionaire Richard Branson Denounces Trump’s Cuba policy– says Cuba embargo “hurts AMERICANS” (because “we can’t access Cuba’s TECHNOLOGICAL and SCIENTIFIC ADVANCES!”–I AM NOT making this up!)”
Toys for boys are getting really expensive.
Sounds like the Kurt Vonnegut book “Sirens of Titan” with the billionaire William Rumfoord running the gauntlet of space (when the guvmint gave up on their own program) and encountering the “Chronosynclastic Infundibulum”.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Sirens_of_Titan
A sub-orbital flight is not reaching space. ALMOST only counts in horseshoes, hand grenades and nukes.
Still, an impressive accomplishment.
I hit Mach 2 in a Honda Civic in third gear.
On a Branson tractor? I can believe it.
Was gonna watch it live but they had Steven Cobert hosting part of the space launch and the CeO of Virgin is a flaming fag on TV so I had to stop watching and go vomit.
Disneyland for ultra-rich adults. Beyond that, I do not see an application.
Certainly, the method has succeeded in launching small sats to LEO, but to do the same with humans is problematical. Perhaps if the vehicles were designed to dock and mate with a space habit, without any intention of returning to earth, it might make sense. But, the need to survive re-entry would make the craft unprofitable.
We will see.
Meanwhile, Boeing just ain’t going.