Britain’s own rocket man has arrived to challenge Jeff Bezos and Elon Musk. Hurrah!
Richard Branson carries crew member Sirisha Bandla on his shoulders after their flight to space at Spaceport America, New Mexico. Photograph: Andres Leighton/AP
Richard Branson carries crew member Sirisha Bandla on his shoulders after their flight to space at Spaceport America, New Mexico. Photograph: Andres Leighton/AP
Sun 18 Jul 2021 03.00 EDT
Thinking, maybe, that it brings some purifying wonder to the pointless exercise, space plutocrats like to emphasise that their wish as grown men to ride in a space rocket dates from more innocent times. “Ever since I was five years old I’ve dreamed of travelling to space,” Jeff Bezos says. Specifically to ride upwards for roughly as far as Huntingdon is from London, float for a few minutes, then come back again? It only increases your respect for the tots who settle for Disneyland.
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