#Richard Branson says Virgin Galactic ‘should’ have ‘sufficient funds’ without his investment

#Richard Branson says Virgin Galactic ‘should’ have ‘sufficient funds’ without his investment

Billionaire Richard Branson said his space travel company Virgin Galactic “should” have “sufficient funds” without his investment Saturday. “We don’t have the deepest pockets after Covid, and Virgin Galactic has got $1bn, or nearly. It should, I believe, have sufficient funds to do its job on its own,” Branson told the Financial Times. Branson has…

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#First plane using only sustainable fuel flies across Atlantic

#First plane using only sustainable fuel flies across Atlantic

A Virgin Atlantic plane powered using only sustainable fuel completed its flight from London to New York on Tuesday, highlighting an eco-friendly and low-carbon option for transatlantic flights. The Virgin Atlantic flight, which took off from London Heathrow and landed at New York’s John F. Kennedy airport, marked a “year of radical collaboration, to demonstrate…

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#Virgin Galactic shares surge after FAA clears it for launch

#Virgin Galactic shares surge after FAA clears it for launch

“#Virgin Galactic shares surge after FAA clears it for launch” Shares of Virgin Galactic surged almost ten percent after the Federal Aviation Administration said it has closed its investigation into a “mishap” on the company’s July 11 flight that carried its billionaire founder Sir Richard Branson into space — allowing the company to resume launches after a…

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#Elon Musk visited Richard Branson morning of spaceflight

#Elon Musk visited Richard Branson morning of spaceflight

“#Elon Musk visited Richard Branson morning of spaceflight” Virgin Galactic founder Sir Richard Branson said Elon Musk — his space-race counterpart — visited him at 3 a.m. the morning of Branson’s spaceflight to wish him luck. Branson, who boasts a net worth of about $7.7 billion, tweeted a picture of the two billionaire space tycoons…

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