Branson’s SpaceShipTwo Ride Puts Virgin Galactic At Turning Point

Richard Branson and Colin Bennett aboard VSS Unity
Richard Branson, right, and Virgin Galactic Lead Operations Engineer Colin Bennett aboard VSS Unity as they prepared for a ride to suborbital space on July 11.
Credit: Virgin Galactic
Richard Branson is typically not someone at a loss for words, but upon returning from his brief foray into suborbital space—aboard a vehicle largely self-financed—the billionaire entrepreneur was uncharacteristically tongue-tied. “Nothing could prepare you for the view of Earth from space,” Branson...

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