A spokesman for Virgin Galactic confirmed that Musk had bought the ticket. According to WSJ, it is not clear how high Tesla’s boss is on the waiting list. The company sells space tickets for $ 250,000 (CZK 5.4 million). So far, she has earned $ 80 million for them, including advances.
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The Virgin Galactic spacecraft with Branson on board successfully completed its first test flight with a complete six-member crew on Sunday. During the flight, the VSS Unity got beyond space, as determined by the US aviation authorities, up to a height of 80 km. In the world, the limit of space is set at 100 km.
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The start was also followed by one of Branson’s rivals in the space tourism sector, the head of SpaceX, Elon Musk. According to the AP agency, he was among the spectators of the historic flight directly in New Mexico.
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On June 20, next Tuesday, Branson’s main competitor, the founder of Blue Origin American Jeff Bezos, planned his space flight in the New Shepard. The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) on Monday approved a license to transport people into space. The ship is to exceed an altitude of 100 km.
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Musk is one of three people dedicated to space tourism, his Falcon 9 rockets have flown for dozens of flights and take into space the Dragon ships, which supply the ISS station and the Crew Dragon for the transport of astronauts.
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