While Bezos and Blue Origin accelerated the space tourism craze, Richard Branson kicked it off with his company Virgin Galactic. The brand achieved suborbital space flight for the first time in December 2018, with its VSS Unity craft.
Branson, 74, went for a ride himself in July 2021—just days before Bezos—and soon opened ticket sales to the public. “The mission statement that I wrote inside my spacesuit was to turn the dream of space travel into a reality for my grandchildren… and for many people who are alive today, for everybody,” Branson said.
The dream is a costly one, though: Virgin Galactic tickets are going for $600,000 according to the company website.
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