Richard Branson Talks Virgin Galactic Launch, Beating Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin Into Space By 9 Days
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etcanada.comVirgin Galactic’s Sir Richard Branson appears to be winning the billionaire space race. A new video shared on Thursday introduces the crew of Virgin Galactic’s Unity 22, revealing that the launch date will take place on July 11 — nine days before Jeff Bezos is planning to launch his Blue Origin mission on July 20.
Among the various crew members of Unity 22 introduced are Branson himself, a.k.a. “Astronaut 001.” RELATED: Jeff Bezos Plans To Go To Space Aboard Blue Origin Flight In July “I’ll be evaluating the customer spaceflight experience,” he says. “As the Virgin Galactic founder, I am so proud to have this remarkable crew of mission specialists and pilots by my side as we fly to space,” Branson continues. “I’ve always been a dreamer.
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