Richard Branson says Virgin Galactic will be in space in 'weeks not months'

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British billionaire entrepreneur Richard Branson believes Virgin Galactic is 'more than tantalizingly close' to its first trip to space.

 

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AlexInAir FGS. How many times has he said this in the last 10 years? The guy would hold a press conference farting

Cool.. See what happens.. Guess we see why we need a space force, if corporations are going to space now... realDonaldTrump must have that insight... Haha

He's lying. His space crafts can't even make it to low Earth orbit.

tell that to Einstein whose 2nd law say's 4 week's makes a month

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