It is super-entrepreneur Richard Branson and his company Virgin managed to reach an important milestone when Spaceshiptwo reached 82,7 kilometres above the earth’s surface.
”We have reached space,” wrote the company on Twitter.
from the Mojave desert of California paired with an aircraft the first bit, then disconnect and start their own engines. The two pilots came up in 2.9 times the speed of sound when they left the atmosphere.
A few minutes later, landed Bransons spacecraft on the ground, whereupon he gave the high five and hugged the spectators.
Richard Branson, who is behind everything from the hotels to the record companies, are vying not only against himself but also against several other well-known entrepreneurs like Amazon’s Jeff Bezos who first lets start with space tourism. Several hundred people have already booked places, and the plan is that the new industry could be up and running in 2019.
