Billionaires take the ultimate gamble in space
Virginâs Richard Branson will beat fellow billionaire and space tourism true believer Jeff Bezos into space by nine days, if all goes to plan. Both are risking more than their lives.
Virgin boss Richard Branson will take off from a site in Texas to be the first billionaire in space, if all goes to plan.Â
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San Francisco | If all went to plan, Sir Richard Bransonâs face puffed up like a sponge cake, his sense of balance went haywire, and he may have puked his guts up.
Thatâs how humans react to only a few minutes in the weightlessness of space â and all just one week before Sir Richardâs 71st birthday.
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