Newsrooms will shape how the world sees the billionaire space race
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Virgin Galactic founder Richard Branson waves to school children while heading to board the rocket plane that will fly him to space from Spaceport America near Truth or Consequences
By Alexis Benveniste, CNN Business
Richard Branson became the first billionaire to reach suborbital flight in his own rocket-powered plane Sunday, setting the stage for how the media will cover wealthy individuals looking to build a business in space travel.
Branson’s flight is a landmark moment for the commercial space industry and journalism. “This is a publicity stunt but it’s also inspiring,” CNN’s space and defense correspondent Kristin Fisher told CNN’s chief media correspondent Brian Stelter on “Reliable Sources” Sunday. “You can have both of those things happening at the same time.”
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