Sir Richard Branson is weightless in space on his Virgin Galactic passenger rocket plane.
On Sunday, July 11, Virgin Group founder Richard Branson flew to space in a rocket he spent 17 years and $1 billion creating. Amazon fuounder Jeff Bezos wasn t far behind. He blasted into space July 21 on his rocket company’s first flight with people on board, becoming the second billionaire in just over a week to ride his own spacecraft.
Several aspects of Branson s and Bezo s flights have drawn criticism and public debate. Here, UC Riverside space and science faculty weigh in on the merits and implications of private commercial space flight.
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