Elon Musk Will go to space, but he is already targeting another company’s spacecraft to get there.
The founder of Space X is one of several people who have booked tickets for future flights Richard Branson Virgin Galactic (SPCE) Space travel, according to Sunday Times, According to reports Business insider. Wall Street Journal Also confirmed Musk’s flight booking.
At the time of writing, it is not clear how far Musk’s flight waiting list is.
Branson, 70, told the Sunday Times that Musk paid $10,000 to buy a seat for the future Virgin Galactic spacecraft tour, but the flight date has not yet been determined.
The founder of Virgin Galactic told the news media, “Elon is my friend, and maybe one day I will travel in one of his boats,”
Branson took the VVS Unity Virgin Galactic spacecraft to the edge of space with the crew on Sunday. He was the first billionaire to reach the marginal space 53.5 miles above sea level. The spacecraft was successfully launched from New Mexico.
I used to be a kid who dreamed of looking up at the stars. Now I am an adult, sitting on a spaceship, looking down at our beautiful earth.To the next generation of dreamers: if we can do this, imagine what you can do https://t.co/Wyzj0nOBgX #Unity22 @virgingalactic pic.twitter.com/03EJmKiH8V
— Richard Branson (@richardbranson) July 11, 2021
Jeff Bezos, founder of Blue Origin It will fly to space on a New Shepard rocket on July 20.
Branson plans to send tourists to the edge of space in 2022.
According to “Business Insider”, he told the “Sunday Times” that Tom Hanks, Justin Bieber and Lady Gaga have purchased other space flight tickets on the Unity spacecraft. Branson confirmed to the news media that a total of about 600 people bought tickets from about 58 different countries.
According to Business Insider, the total cost of one hour of Virgin Galactic flight is US$250,000, including training and spacesuits. The Wall Street Journal reported that Virgin Galactic has so far raised $80 in sales and deposits for future spacecraft flights.
At 3 o’clock in the morning of the successful take-off, Musk appeared in Branson’s kitchen, wishing him “good luck” the billionaire founder of Virgin tweeted.
An important day. It is a pleasure to start a new day with friends. It feels good, it feels excited, it feels ready.
Watch #Unity22 Published and live broadcast today at 7:30 am Pacific Time | 10:30 am US Eastern Time | 3:30 pm British Summer Time.@virgingalactic @elonmusk https://t.co/1313b4RAKI pic.twitter.com/FRQqrQEbH8
— Richard Branson (@richardbranson) July 11, 2021
He wrote in an article, “It’s nice to start a new day with friends”, and attached photos of two space entrepreneurs.
As of Monday’s pre-market trading hours, Virgin Galactic’s stock price was $52.66, up $3.46, or 7.03%.
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