On July 11, Richard Branson became the first person to go into space as part of the board of a rocket he himself helped fund. The supersonic spacecraft developed by his company, Virgin Galactic, carried into space Branson, three crew members, Beth Moses, Colin Bennett and Sirisha Bandla, and pilots Dave Mackay and Michael Masucci. "SpaceShipTwo" - spent two decades in development, before going about 15,240 meters in the air.
In a video posted by his company, Branson says:
"To all of you kids down there, I was once a kid with a dream. I looked up at the stars. Now, I'm an adult on a spaceship with many other wonderful adults looking down on our beautiful Earth. For the generation of the next dreamer, if we can do these, imagine what you can do. "
"To all you kids doën there ..." - @RichardBranson 's message from zero gravity. # Unity22
- Virgin Galactic (@virgingalactic) July 11, 2021
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Who is Richard Branson? Someone who left school in the middle, started his first venture at the age of 15, a school magazine and today, a British entrepreneur, billionaire and successful! Here are 10 things you need to know about it:
1. Richard Branson was born in 1950, July 18 in the United Kingdom. His mother was a flight attendant with the British South American Airlines.
2. After dropping out of school, Branson started his first business venture at the age of 15, which was a school magazine.
3. At the age of 20, he started his own company Virgin, which now operates more than 40 companies on five continents.
4. The Virgin Records he launched in 1973 featured Sex Pistols, Rolling Stones, Janet Jackson, Smashing Pumpkins and Spice Girls. In 1992, he sold Virgin Records for $ 1 billion.
5. Në 1978, Richard Branson bleu ishullin Necker në Karaibe për 180,000 dollarë me kusht që ai të ndërtonte një vendpushim (resort) brenda katër vjetësh.
6. Linjat ajrore Virgin Atlantic u lançuan në vitin 1984. Një vit më vonë, ai bëri përpjekjen e tij të parë për të bërë anijen më të shpejtë ndonjëherë që kalon Atlantikun, por ajo u përmbys.
7. Shërbime të tjera të sipërmarrjeve të tij përfshijnë: Virgin Cars, Virgin Student, Virginmoney.com, Virgin ëines dhe Virgin Energy.
8. Virgin Galactic u lançua në 2004, megjithëse Richard Branson regjistroi emrin në 1999, sipas space.com.
9. Në vitin 2014, anija kozmike e pasagjerëve të Virgin Galactic u rrëzua gjatë një fluturimi provë, duke vrarë një pilot dhe duke plagosur tjetrin.
10. Përpara testit, Branson kishte vendosur që në fluturimin e parë të ishte ai dhe fëmijët e tij.
11. This is a graphic representation of the wealth of Bezos and Branson. However, the latter managed to be the first to go into space with his rocket!
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Source: Bloomberg, CNN
