After Richard Branson, Elon Musk Now Plans On Going To Space.
- ByStartupStory | July 12, 2021
Tesla CEO, Elon Musk now plans on going to space. He has unveiled his plans of going to the moon, and “colonizing” mars, and is also taking care of his own company, SpaceX, so that it is in the run for acquiring tourism rights to Space. Musk is actively pursuing space tourism, and has already bought his own ticket to Space, with Richard Branson‘s Virgin Galactic. British billionaire Richard Branson strapped in and set off Sunday on his boldest adventure yet , his aim to successfully reach space aboard his own winged rocket ship. A spokesman for Virgin Galactic confirmed to Wall Street Journal that Musk had bought a ticket for his own space ride. It is unclear how far up the waiting list Musk is for a seat. Virgin Galactic has reported that its tickets have sold for $250,000 each, and the company has collected $80 million in sales and deposits.
On Sunday, when Branson jetted off to space, good wishes poured in from all over the world, which also includes, Elon Musk, himself. Musk had a day before congratulated Branson on his feat on Twitter and had implied that he would be at the launch site in New Mexico to watch the Virgin Galactic flight jet out to outer space. “Will see you there to wish you the best,” Musk had tweeted out his support for Branson. On Sunday, Musk, true to his word, appeared standing alongside Branson in the former’s house. Branson tweeted, “Big day ahead. Great to start the morning with a friend. Feeling good, feeling excited, feeling ready.” The Virgin Galactic spaceship carrying Richard Branson touched down Sunday after a voyage the British billionaire called an “experience of a lifetime.” “Congratulations to all our wonderful team at Virgin Galactic for 17 years of hard, hard work to get us this far,” he said during a live feed as the VSS Unity spaceship glided back to Spaceport America in New Mexico.
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