Standing tall and proud on Broadway, just a short stroll from the lights and razzmatazz of Times Square, is the Big Apple’s most anticipated hotel opening of the year.
Billionaire entrepreneur Sir Richard Branson s (pictured) space bound enterprise Virgin Orbit failed unceremoniously last week as the satellite launch company filed for bankruptcy.
For several years now, billionaires have been indulging in a common passion: the conquest of space. Elon Musk, with his company SpaceX, dreams of implanting a civilization on Mars. Jeff Bezos, the former head of Amazon, wants to lead space tourism with its Blue Origin program, while the founder of the Virgin conglomerate, Richard Branson, has already put the first tickets on sale for an itinerary in orbit aboard a ship of his company Virgin Galactic. | 10:37am
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