Elon Musk Has Brought A Ticket On Richard Branson's Virgin Galactic & Will Fly To Space Soon
Even though Elon Musk has his own space company SpaceX, he has paid for a seat on Richard Branson's future Virgin Galactic voyage.
Everyone who follows Tesla owner Elon Musk knows how much he promotes space tourism. He is so fascinated by space that he has his own space company by the name of SpaceX.
However, it is billionaire Richard Branson who flew to space on Sunday before Musk aboard his own rocket ship Virgin Galactic space flight with five more crew members and Musk totally supported him.
Welcome to the dawn of a new space age #Unity22 @virgingalactic pic.twitter.com/Rlim1UGMkx
¡ª Richard Branson (@richardbranson) July 11, 2021
Elon Musk has reportedly brought a ticket to space and paid for a seat on a future Virgin Galactic voyage. He has paid a 10,000-dollar (?7,000) deposit to reserve a seat even though no date for the flight has been specified.
Musk had been supporting Branson and had made it very apparent on Twitter after he wished Branson luck for his flight.
Will see you there to wish you the best
¡ª Elon Musk (@elonmusk) July 10, 2021
Musk even met Branson on the day of the latter's flight to space to wish his friend luck for the journey ahead.
Big day ahead. Great to start the morning with a friend. Feeling good, feeling excited, feeling ready.
¡ª Richard Branson (@richardbranson) July 11, 2021
Watch #Unity22 launch and livestream TODAY at 7:30 am PT | 10:30 am ET | 3:30 pm BST.@virgingalactic @elonmusk https://t.co/1313b4RAKI pic.twitter.com/FRQqrQEbH8
Amid what has been dubbed the billionaires¡¯ space race, SpaceX has launched dozens of rockets, including manned flights, but Mr Musk himself has not yet flown on any. The company is due to launch its first fully private spaceflight in the autumn.
Sir Richard Branson has become the first owner-astronaut to take part in a mission, beating Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, who plans to reach space in his own rocket through his Blue Origin company in nine days¡¯ time.