In an interview to an American news show, billionaire founder of the Virgin group Richard Branson said, "At that moment we will have become astronauts, I will pinch myself and pinch myself again and again." Branson’s space company announced last week that it will attempt to launch a crewed test spaceflight on July 11. Branson will be joined by 5 other passengers on board VSS Unity, one of them being Indian born Sirisha Bandla. In doing so, Branson will become the first billionaire in space, beating compatriot Jeff Bezos by 9 days. On fulfilling his lifelong dream, Branson said, “I always envisioned as a kid that a spaceship should look like this.

Source: dna July 07, 2021 08:26 UTC