Richard Branson Says Virgin Galactic Will Go to Space in 2014 Lauren Villagran - Albuquerque Journal
go to original April 25, 2014

Sir Richard Branson says that the first space flights for tourists will begin in 2014, and that he "can't wait to get up there!" (CoconutScienceLab)

Richard Branson, billionaire owner of Virgin Galactic, says he is “90 percent convinced” spaceships will fly from New Mexico’s Spaceport America this year - and he will be on one of them.

“I’m pretty convinced that, by this summer, our spacecraft will go into space and then I think by September myself and my family will have been into space,” Branson told Jorge Ramos of the Fusion TV network earlier this week. “I’m 90 percent convinced that will happen.”

... Virgin Galactic aims to become the world’s first commercial spaceline to send customers willing to pay $250,000 for a short journey into zero gravity and a glimpse of the planet from the edge of space.

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