Branson steps up to the plate
The BBC reports that Virgin boss Richard Branson has finally become seriously involved in the space tourism business; he is having five spacecraft built by Burt Rutan, each capable of carrying five pasengers on suborbital flights. From the looks of the model, the design will closely mimic the design of SpaceShipOne, on a just slightly larger scale.
He is also making noise about orbital flights and hotels in orbit.
It was only a matter of time before Branson got seriously involved in space; he has been leaning that way for a long time, personally putting his butt and wallet on the line for high-altitude ballooning and attempts at round-the-world balloon flights.
...via Rand Simberg, who also points out that Jeff Bezos has finally taken the lid off Blue origin.
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