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Richard Branson anticipates Jeff Bezos and will go into space on July 11 with his Virgin Galactic

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Virgin Galactic will attempt to launch its next test space flight on July 11, taking founder Sir Richard Branson into space who attempts to beat fellow billionaire Jeff Bezos who plans to launch with his company, Blue Origin, the first flight into space on July 20.
“After more than 16 years of research, engineering and testing, Virgin Galactic is at the forefront of the new commercial space industry, set to open space to humanity and change the world,” Branson said in a statement. This will be Virgin Galactic’s fourth test space flight to date. A first mission that will have a crew of four on board, after May 22 n when the company launched its most recent space flight, May 22, with only two pilots.

The window for the next test flight of SpaceShipTwo Unity si opens on July 11, pending weather and technical checks, ”Virgin Galactic company said in a statement. Branson “will evaluate the experience of the private astronaut and undergo the same training, preparation and flight as future Virgin Galactic astronauts. The company will use its observations on its training and flight experience to improve the journey of all future astronaut customers, ”the note explains.
Alongside Branson will be three Virgin Galactic mission specialists: Chief Astronaut Instructor Beth Moses, Chief Operations Engineer Colin Bennett, and Vice President of Government Affairs Sirisha Bandla. Virgin Galactic pilots Dave Mackay and Michael Masucci will pilot the VSS Unity spacecraft. The flight will be live streaming available on Twitter, YouTube and Facebook. Branson founded Virgin Galactic in 2004 to build a space tourism business.
A race in space it is the one that we will soon see and in which the greatest businessmen of our country participate, such as Branson, Jeff Bezos, and the CEO of SpaceX Elon Musk. The space tourism market could bring in $ 3 billion a year by 2030.

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