You can have the first space trip with 6 billion VND

In a recent statement, British billionaire Richard Branson said his travel agency Virgin Galactic will soon make space trips with a ticket price of about $ 250,000 (nearly 6 billion VND).

His billionaire and Virgin Galactic company are known to make great strides in the race to commercialize tourism with Jeff Bezos's Blue Origin and Elon Musk's Space X.

British billionaire has invested heavily in the space industry since 2004 and plans to spread the business in the coming decades. Earlier, the billionaire said he would have his first flight into space in April this year, but was later postponed.

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Billionaire Branson is expecting a first trip into space.

In an interview in May this year, Branson said that his (SS2) has achieved 'halfway' into space. SS2 is the name of an ambitious billionaire in the plan to use for space tourism. Fares for a position on the SS2 spacecraft are about $ 250,000, but billionaire Branson has revealed he plans to reduce strong fares in the coming decades.

"We are talking about the next few months, not the next few years , " said Branson, who emphasized his ambition to make his first cosmic tours.

Billionaire Branson officially founded Virgin Galactic in 2004 and has invested in a lot of money with the aim of creating a spacecraft capable of serving scientific research and tourism purposes. cylinder.

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With a fare of up to $ 250,000 deposit, there were more than 700 people registered with Virgin Galactic to be available for the first flight into space in commercial form.

The first flight was originally planned in 2009, but was later postponed and Branson continued to mention the issue again in October 2017. Even the billionaire claimed that he Will travel to space within six months.

In an interview with British billionaire Business Insider Branson, he considered Amazon's Jeff Bezos a strong competitor in his race. He also said that with Amazon, he actually holds $ 1 billion of shares related to the development of a space company.

If the next tests were successful, as planned, Branson's billionaire Virgin Galactic might be the first company in the world to bring commercial flights to space in the future.

According to the announcement of this billionaire, there have been more than 700 customers who have booked a trip to the space expedition, including celebrities. These people are willing to deposit $ 250,000 for a seat on the commercial flights of the Virgin spacecraft.