Sir Richard Branson takes flight with his space company, Virgin Galactic, on July 11, 2021. He’ll be accompanied by a fellow space tourist who paid $28 million for a seat on the spaceflight. Key BackgroundThe driving force behind space travel has shifted away from its long history of massive government projects to private industry over the past few years. But the shift to privatization hasn’t just put billionaire’s companies at the forefront of scientific achievements—it’s accelerated the push for space tourism programs, which for now come with price tags solely restricted to the ultrawealthy. on earth, or in space, but should they decide the latter, they should stay there,” the petition’s creator said on change.org.

Source: Forbes July 12, 2021 18:16 UTC