Virgin Galactic managed to bring Richard Branson to the room and return

Space Travel and Space Science have seen several milestones in the past few years, from rockets that can be used back to the first room helicopter on Mars. But while others have a longer view of travel, exploration, and colonization, some companies aim to start the new commercial industry are a little closer to Earth. Virgin Galactic only takes one step closer to that goal in its latest test flight that brings not only a human being into space but its own founder, Sir Richard Branson.

Virgin Galactic spacecraft has become one of the types, even without this achievement. Unlike everyone’s ideas about conventional rockets, the Mothip VMS Eve took off from the runway like a plane. After reaching a certain height, the VSS union regardless of Eve, reaching a height of 53.5 miles before sliding back to earth, and landing safely on the runway at Spaceport America, exactly like an airplane.

All flights only lasted 15 minutes, but it was a historic, especially for one of the passengers of unity. Sir Richard Branson might be able to pride defeating Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos to be the first to reach the room. Of course, Branson painted achievements as an inspiration for the next generation of dreamers, but it never hurt to have a media festival even before the monumental room flight.

The main goal of Virgin Galactic, of course, the new space tourism industry where passengers will pay hundreds of thousands of dollars just to experience a zero-gravitational environment and see the stars a little closer, even if only for a few minutes. It places the company directly contrary to the origin of Biru Bezos, who wants to serve the same crowd but with a more traditional spacecraft shape.

Not surprisingly, blue origin seems to be ready to get involved in a little urine contest on Twitter. The Bezos company is not so smooth, it implies that Virgin Galactic does not really reach space, at least not by a higher number set by international standards that are not followed by the US. However, unexpected Branson flights were also seen as a direct challenge for Bezos, who would take their own spacecraft on July 20.