The Simpsons made another creepy prediction because Richard Branson showed off the Virgin Galactic space flight in the 2014 episode The fortune teller behind the Simpsons apparently predicted that Sir Richard Branson’s flight would reach the edge of space in a commercial rocket plane seven years ago. On Sunday, the Virgin Group’s tycoon and five crew members traveled over the VSS Unity in New Mexico and made history. 6 The Simpsons seem to have summoned Sir Richard Branson into space seven years before he actually accomplished this feat.Credit: Fox 6 On Sunday, Branson and five crew members made history, exploding 50 miles above the earth, then turned around and glide back safelyCredit: Reuters