Posted on 07/11/2021 9:45:32 AM PDT by White Lives Matter
Thrill-seeking billionaire Richard Branson has reached space aboard his own winged rocket ship in his boldest adventure yet.
The feat vaults the nearly 71-year-old Branson past fellow billionaire and rival Jeff Bezos, who is planning to fly to space in a craft of his own nine days from now.
With about 500 people watching, including Branson’s wife, children and grandchildren, a twin-fuselage aircraft with his space plane attached underneath took off in the first stage of the flight. Aboard were Branson and five crewmates from his Virgin Galactic space-tourism company.
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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.
Hopefully he remembered to wear a mask—we don’t want to infect those gray aliens!
Why are all those liberals clapping. Think of all the climate disruption this is causing you stinking filthy hypocrites!!!!!!! /spit.
“Hey guys we went 50 miles in the air”
You could have just used a big balloon.
Agree…. Branson is totally a poor man’s Musk who is totally 2nd tier.
Plus, he stiffed my favorite band, XTC all those years.
This is like some nineteenth-century adventure novel by Jules Verne.
In 200 years folks will be tearing down his statues and Musk’s statues. Colonizers!
Yes it is!
This is like some nineteenth-century adventure novel by Jules Verne
Agree very cool, would love to go up 50 miles.
For comparison, Alan Shepard went 116 miles up on America’s first manned space flight in a Mercury Redstone in 1961.
“You could have just used a big balloon.”
Flunk 9th grade science?
“In 200 years folks will be tearing down his statues and Musk’s statues. Colonizers!”
Yes, but the statues will be on Mars...
I can remember waiting for weeks on end for one of evil’s new stunts. He is a legend
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.
“For comparison, Alan Shepard went 116 miles up on America’s first manned space flight in a Mercury Redstone in 1961.”
Yes, but “he didn’t build it.”
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