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Billionaire Richard Branson personally participated in the experiment of his Virgin Galactic spacecraft for the first private space flight in the skies of the state of New Mexico. A week before he turned 71, he was one of a full 6-member crew of 2 crew and four passengers heading for the Earth’s atmosphere.
Branson has personally assured hundreds of customers of the regular flight program, which begins in 2022, that such an endeavor could be completely safe for people who do not receive special training for astronauts. Prices are said to be in the range of $ 200,000 to $ 250,000 per passenger, but he said he wanted to lower the price to $ 40,000.
According to Jeff Bezos, who will also personally take part in his company’s first private rocket flight on July 20, this is not space tourism, but only an ascent to 90 km on a rocket plane. According to him, the reason is that the limit of 100 km above the surface beyond which space begins has not been crossed.
This does not change the fact that the Briton, who arrived by bike for the start, achieved his dream. According to the program after the flight of the celebration, the famous R&B singer Khalid will sing a single from the upcoming album “New Normality”.
–The rocket plane landed without problems on the same runway from which it was taken out for the flight.
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