Richard Branson will snatch away Bezos’ ‘first billionaire in space’ title

Space company Virgin Galactic’s founder Richard Branson is set to become the first billionaire to escape the earth and reach space. He’s set for a test flight on July 11 — nine days before retiring Amazon chief Jeff Bezos does the same. Branson will take flight in VSS Unity along with a crew of six, consisting of pilots and space mission specialists. This is the company’s fourth test flight, but the first one with a full crew on board. The firm said it’ll live stream the event across various platforms to hype this up — and probably rub the success…

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