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.
(Excerpt) Read more at apnews.com ...
Up Up and Away
https://youtu.be/5akEgsZSfhg
Love this song.
And...how many hungry kids could the cost of this stunt fed?
Very interesting. Thanks for posting.
Can we leave them there
Please
The world record for manned balloons is 22,000 feet, that’s about 4.1 miles.
Branson just went up 53 miles.
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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...
You’re welcome!
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!)”
Evil was great.
The man was fearless.
The movie they made back when about him was good too.
Toys for boys are getting really expensive.
Balloons don’t go that high.
Highest manned balloon flight is 135889.108 feet. According to Guinness.
—“Flunk 9th grade science?”
“Math class is tough.”
https://napavalleyballoons.com/highest-balloon-flight-longest-records.php
Highest Balloon Flights
Vijaypat Singhania – November 26th, 2005, India - 69,850 feet
(~13.2 miles)
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
I was going to say it was higher than previously stated.
A guy jumped out of one with a parachute and set records too.
Here it is from Guinness:
On 24 October 2014, after ascending to a height of 41,422 m (135,898.68 ft) above Roswell, New Mexico, USA, attached to a helium-filled balloon, Google’s Senior Vice President Alan Eustace (USA) was released to set a new exit altitude record, as verified by the Fédération Aéronautique Internationale (FAI) on 14 April 2015.
It’s Evel, not Evil.
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