Richard Branson to fly with Virgin Galactic days before Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin launch
Blue Origin recently added Wally Funk to New Shepard flight
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FILE - In this Monday, Oct. 28, 2019 file photo, Sir Richard Branson, founder of Virgin Galactic, poses for a photo outside the New York Stock Exchange as fireworks are exploded before his company's IPO. In 2020, NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine said space is currently a $400 billion market, including satellites. Opening up spaceflight to paying customers, he said, could expand the market to $1 trillion. (AP Photo/Richard Drew) (Copyright 2019 The Associated Press. All rights reserved)
Two billionaires plan to both take their first spaceflights within days of each other on their respective company’s spacecraft fueling an ongoing competition.