Virgin Galactic's Branson to fly into space in early 2021

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Billionaire Richard Branson will fly into space on a Virgin Galactic rocketship early next year, the space tourism company he founded said on Monday, adding that it would raise new funds with a share offering.

Branson’s trip to space hinges on the success of two upcoming test flight programs, Virgin Galactic Holdings Inc said, with the first powered spaceflight scheduled for this fall from Spaceport America.

The company competes with billionaire-backed ventures such as Blue Origin that are vying to usher in a new era of space tourism, racing to be the first to offer sub-orbital flights to civilian space travelers. Virgin Galactic offers zero-gravity experiences to customers with its centerpiece SpaceShipTwo plane and has long-term point-to-point travel plans to quickly transport passengers from city to city at near-space altitudes.

Earlier in June, Virgin Galactic had signed an agreement with NASA to develop a program to promote private missions to the International Space Station.Our Standards:

 

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I am terrified of this picture

Branson is SCUM.

Why was he wanting any and every government to bail out his companies a few months ago, but can afford this

Chewbacca ?

Richard has such sights to show you

HOPE HE IS GOING TO STAY THERE..... WHY OH WHY DO ALL THOSE WHO MAKE DISGUSTING AMOUNTS OF MONEY.,TURN INTO SELFISH PEOPLE... WHAT ABOUT ALL IS GREAT STAFF ON VIRGIN PLANES WHO LOST THEIR JOBS. HE SHOULD OF USED THE MONEY TO SAVE JOBS,,,,,,,,,,,,

Tell him don’t come back

Hopefully one way

Despite Branson claiming citizenship on a private island to avoid UK taxes, the UK's given him at least 3 massive bailouts in just 10 years, while he speaks out against others getting bailouts! Send him to space and leave him there, along with the other modern robber barons, too.

I hope this idiot stays there forever.

This u?

He looks great

His teeth are YUUUUUGE

AphexTwin has really let himself go

Cool let’s leave him there

He's the one that's fallen from God!

Evil face, ingenious smile.

Guy with begging bowl out to tax payer funding last month has space ships now. Wow, must have been a good month for him!

Let's hope it's one way for the cyunt.

Excellent! Tell him to stay there.

richardbranson 's new space ship is a laugh :) His own laugh that is. It will fly on tubular bells music energy

richard buddy you look awful

You all right, Dick?

Some baddy in Fury Road m8

Damn ...all that Money and refuses to see a dentist ....

Dog skull looking ass mf

Is he coming back?

Hopefully he doesn’t come back

This brother looks like been sleeping under a solarium

He's so red.

This guy looks like a plum that's been rolled around on a carpet in a home with dogs.

I was wondering what happened to that baby from Eraserhead

looking good king

Good, stay there you ghoul

This guy needs prescription strength suncream and less goddamn money

Thought he was skint? 🤔

And hopefully never return

He can stay there

Has he stared into the un-shielded heart of a nuclear reactor lately?

Stay there bro

why does this guy look like a cave-man?

He’s not coming back, is he

Hope the scrounging c*nt gets stuck up there

Can they keep him?

When the Billionaires leave us behind to cavort on another planet, who will be there to cater to their whims?

Well let’s see these so called smart people land on the moon ,,, like please land on the moon for REAL ,, or is the entire idea of it still nothing more then a poorly made Hollywood movie

Humans will be terraforming w/ in the next 50 years. We have to. Think of that...and the natural treasures and beauty of the Earth - our home planet - seem very very precious. Life in a radiation shielded bubble will never compare to the smell of rain in the forest.

But can’t afford to pay his employees and needs government support....

COVID-19: The Outer Space Tour.

just stay there!

YAWN!😴

Back to his own planet

But he asked banckrupcy ?

Bye bitch.

I'm damn sure you could've easily find better photos of him...

He can fly? Does he not need a spacesuit and spaceship at least?

He’s not coming back, right?

one way ticket for Branson plz.

well is that his new TAX haven ?

Is he okay? Why does he look like that?

And yet they can't get my internet to work consistently?

Can't we send him on an expedition to the sun.

Can he stay there please and thank you

Stay there.

Chewbacca!!!

There are easier ways to get rid of him.

they have the best adrenochrome out there

Who cares? The same Branson who was asking for subsidies for its airline... 👎

Yeah, gotta return that alien symbiote.

Good job he's not testing a Time Machine.

Am I the only one who thinks this looks like a photo of a werewolf?

With a bit of luck they’ll keep him up there. Can think of few others who should join him for a one-way journey

Virgin Galactic’s Branson to pay his taxes... never. taxavoidance virgin

Will we be bailing him out at some stage ?

Dougal from the Magic Roundabouts on the ol' smack again I see.

bold

Virgin Galactic's Branson to be shot into space in early 2021.

God, that's a scary photo.

He's gonna spread Jeffrey Epstein's ashes on Mars.

Someone call Virgin execs and let them know Richard's human meat-suit is wearing a little thin and his lizard-being is showing through. They need to get right on it.

He asks for government money to fund his failing airline, lays off staff.. yet he thinks it’s appropriate to pile money into this hair brained project for rich people to go into orbit... ? Where is the logic in that 🙄

scheint ihm gut zu gehen

Jesus christ!

Why doesn’t he save jobs at Virgin Atlantic instead?

Keep going

The man who wanted a government bail out? 🤔 richardbranson

Is he coming back ?

One way ticket

lach net

Good send all billionaires to space.

my man looks like they just recovered his corpse from space

I thought he was skint.

What time is he launching? Trying to line up schedules here.

WE WILL FLY IN HEAVEN IF THE MONEY IS SPENT ON POOR.

When you build a spaceship just to get away from the poors

Hope he doesn't come back...

why he look like that

Sadly he'll be coming back

Money better spent on building houses for the homeless!

Great. Leave him up there.

Looks like he’s already been to the sun.

Can he do us all a favor and stay there?

That’s a naked mole rat in a greasy wig

Evil tax evading scum

Is this the same Branson that came crying to government for a billion pound payout because he was broke and we gave it to him

what is this strange creature you appear to have captured

So this is why he's begging the UK taxpayers for money so he can keep up with the big boys at Amazon and Tesla 🙄

Excellent pic, photo editors! Very Planet of the Apes.

SAME BULL SHIT. He has n idea where space is! 20,000 feet perhaps?

Is there tax in space?

There are no laws against pedophilia in space 🤔 🤨

From whence this creature came?

The Neandertal in space ?

i thought this was a photoshop

His face serves as a proof that money can’t buy everything!

Elon is the new face of space now. This just sounds dangerous for an 88 year old.

Looks like he’s already flown too close to the sun.

is it carbon neutral , or is it just a rich guy poisoning the rest of us for jollies?

Is that actually his face?

I read this as “virgin Branson” and was like that seems a bit excessive there’s really no need to do that

Great idea! He should try to overtake Musk’s Tesla Roadster and set another record. Return unnecessary.

whats going on with his face

Why does he look like a naked mole rat?

Leave him there

Is he okay. He looks really red and I sunburn easily

マジかっ‼️Cool 😎 👍

He looks fantastic

With which principles you’re choosing the picture for an article. It is really looks creepy.

parts of his face are already trying to get there

He looks like a wax sculpture of a caveman at a natural history museum dressed in modern clothes.

Cool cool, don't come back tho.

And looks thrilled as a vampire with a bottle of bloody 1947 Cheval Blanc about that

Is he planning on returning to earth?

yo can someone swap out those shuttle o-rings to the explodey ones

I hope it is a more successful than his arond the world hot air balloon challenge... No helicopter to rescue you out there.

No rush coming back

Very OK with launching all billionaires into space, using their own vanity project craft.

Sounds like a plot to 'Glactus' origin story

forever?

I'm so glad the UK government bailed this prick out, I totally hope that his rockets don't ignite him.

Holy Jesus it looks like he’s already been living on mars for 50 years

He looks like he’s already been to Space and seem some sh*t

Why does he look like this tho

Cant he fuckoff sooner?

Why is that man wearing a zombie mask?

Let's send him to the Sun! 😃🔥

That is one creepy looking dude!

Will he write this off as a business trip!

The first atacama mummy in space.

richardbranson

Stay there.

Looks like he just re entered the atmosphere face first

I hope he goes into the hell dimension from Event Horizon

Scary.

Chiclets! chiclets!

Is this the same Branson that he was pleading for a bailout for virginatlantic while he had a lavish lifestyle on his private island in Caribbean ? bailout branson scum

Richard Branson is Xenu.

This picture

Me upon seeing this photo

He looks demonic. Oh wait...

Is it just me or did Thad Castle let himself go

Reminds me of the nightmarish late 90’s videos from Aphex Twin. Scaring me for life *shudders*

Are American tax payers funding that Hobbie too?

During a pandemic as senseless as a cigarette ash tray on a motorcycle

Just like he flew to Epsteins island

You either sell crack or smoke it. Never both

how will he survive without his tanning bed for 5 minutes?

Nice... They really needed some news to cover up that pathetic excuse for an earnings report. $spce

He needs to fly to a dentist.

Is he the alien we’ve been looking for

Someone close to him should tell him he needs a makeover.

Can you get a pic of him looking crazier... thanks

I was hoping you were going to write fly into the sun

My man looks like an Ed Roth character

nofilter

will Branson be hosting more sex cult parties like he did on his island?!?

Let's hope he stays there!

headed home I presume

NcpNo Ok, these guys have to be related.

“Templates”

I hope he bought a $100 million life insurance on his first space flight.

God with all that money 💰 he couldn’t whiten and fix his damn teeth? It’s fuckin disgusting af

He looks so scary!

Maintaining composure while your skeleton is trying to escape through your mouth

humanvibration

His dad must've been a Predator

He looks absolutely horrifying.

That motherfucker is Lucifer

Deep crimson mask of terror.

Yikes! He looks like he’s been boiled.

Coul you pick any worst picture of him? Looks creepy-horrible..

Hope they launch him into the Sun

Why the pic is like a monkey smiling?

Are you using one of those cameras that reveals the true soul of the sitter? Satanic.

He can aford to fly in to space but wanted the tax payer to bail him out

RobbieSavage8 looking rough these days

Who cares

holy christ he looks like Red Skull

He hasn’t aged well.

I couldn't give a sh*t! I hope he joins the flight and doesn't return! Employees UnPaid Leave Begs For Government Handouts Sue UK NHS Disgraceful Despicable Man

Breaking News: Virgin Galactic's Branson dies in a colossal fireball.

Giddy Up! 👍

🤔😳

How scary he looks!

Oh cool, Richard Branson’s going home.

just shows how far he will go not to pay UK tax

I don't think Richard is having a laugh for I believe he is dead serious about his space enterprise!

Big Mr. Burns energy 👏 excellent

first human to land on the sun

Somebody needs a little less time in the sun 🦞

Jesus, looks like he already did and got clobbered with rads.

PlanetoftheApes

Why doesn't his face fit him any more?

Ahhhh!

Them chompers will deflect the sunlight

Scary picture

He already looks like a creature from Guardians of the Galaxy.

better brush your teeth first sir

Step 1. Sear Branson. Lightly season. Flip.

We definitely need to launch that guy into space before he goes critical mass.

Twin ( Apex)

Space is fake

Better hurry! He’s Epstein 2.0

whilst he was dedicating his life to moaning about Brexit, elonmusk came along and became King of space

The golden era Space cruise liner was documented an deemed failure a long time ago in the movie Akira. With the pantries gravitational pull magnetised towards Sol inner-space; the commuters we're to play the game of counting jelly beans in a jar Creating a huge space amoeba.

finally! he's not coming back tho, right?

Not a round trip one might hope

He's looking more like a sleep paralysis demon than a human in this pic

I hope he stays there

jesus christ that is a horrid photo, didn't need to see that, but I guess I just got my Walking Dead fix.

REUTERs please use a better picture of Branson....hahahahaha WTF

VicBergerIV this your doing?

Looks like a demon with that red face.

Branson to fly into space in 2021? He's already there. Probably just a trip around the block.

That's not a very flattering picture of Branson, is it?

Yikes

Lookin good!

So...he will be returning home, then? He resembles a freakin Wookiee.

hope it's a one way ticket

About time

was he in that THING film from the 70's?

is this fucking photoshopped why is this the single most terrifying image i've ever seen

God damn. That's one fugly some bitch

He looks like Alien in this pic.

Never go full zombie, I guess

Reuters with their photo selection bias in plain view here... I mean I personally dislike all the space billionaires equally, but at least try to appear unbiased 🙄

VicBergerIV you getting credit for this photoshop?

Hopefully out of a fuckin cannon.

the blonde simian

what a weirdo... I hope he stays up there

he's looking scary these days.

so long

he's coming back though right?

One way? Take realDonaldTrump along too!

Adios muchachos

Didn't he ask for a bailout to save Virgin Atlantic Airlines?

Couldn't you find a better picture? 😅

Creep, part of the cabal. Jail him.

wow! that's terrifying

So similar!🤭🤣🤣🤣🤣

After seeing this picture, I am more curious to know if Branson got skin cancer from overexposing to UV light.

Hope he stays there

Virgin Atlantic secures £1.2billion bailout to survive

H's a very strange color for a human...

Stay there👨🏻‍🚀🌌

Oh wow a cursed image thanks

Whenever I see his smile I think WEREWOLF 😳🤷🏼‍♀️

Bye!

this picture is the stuff of nightmares

he looks totes ready

who chose this photo of Richard 😂😂😂

Stay out of the sun dude!

To complete his transformation into a reaver?

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