# How Richard Branson Became The First Space Billionaire: The Virgin Galactic Story

- Link: https://www.widthness.com/how-richard-branson-became-the-first-space-billionaire-a-story-of-virgin-galactic/
- Published: 2021-07-15T09:45:12-05:00
- Author: dsignbyjw

Photo: Richard Branson in zero gravity. Virgin Galactic. Article by Chris Young. Interesting Engineering – July 12, 2021. From describing space as “difficult” to actually visiting it, here is a brief history of Richard Branson’s bumpy space journey. “Space is difficult,” Richard Branson said in a 2018 TV appearance with CNN in 2018, “it [literally] is rocket science.” Three years later, and the Virgin founder and billionaire entrepreneur made it to space, on July 11, aboard one of his company’s space airplanes — though not above the Kármán line, as his counterpart Jeff Bezos’ company Blue Origin is quick to point out. […] Click here to view original web page at interestingengineering.com Video: The Story of Virgin Galactic – July 10, 2021.