Billionaire blast off: Richard Branson plans space trip ahead of rival Bezos

Make an orbit and we'll call it a spaceflight.

These guys have more money than class.

Egotists. There is absolutley no point to this particular aspect of the space race.

Great. All while people are starving, dying and living in poverty all around the globe. Who cares.

Wouldn't it be a damn shame if their massive egos got them both killed?

"I truly believe that space belongs to all of us," Branson said,”

I truly believe that space belongs to none of us and that we should deal with own problems before polluting space as well.

Wally Funk, is a an inspiration. on the other hand, Richard Branson is a tax exile.

I'd rather work for Branson than Bezos. At least Branson is interesting.

These people make me sick.

Billionaires competing to enter LEO which Glenn did over half a century ago funded by an economy with over 75 percent taxes on the highest earnings. Not to mention Gagarin.

Who said the capitalist free market is the most innovative and efficient?

Billionaires innn spa-spa-a-a-ce

The winner should release an energy drink called EGO

Didn't these guys build those companies, which will put regular people into space someday?

Not sure what all the hate is about.

Elon: Hold my beer

It is a one way ticket , isn’t it?

A fool and his money.......

The original......

A foole & his money,

be soone at debate:

which after with sorrow,

repents him to late.

I have absolutely no problem with rich people wasting their money in space trips if that helps the development of the field. It would be better if the money was dedicated to a more worthy cause (like directly supporting research) but there are many other ways to throw money away that would not indirectly benefit humanity as this.

No politics here, but personally I wouldn't want to be on any of these "test flights."

Ho hum. I don't think anyone considers 100km up to be space, where the acceleration due to gravity isn't distinguishable from that at ground level. Weightlessness? Well yes, like on a swing

Sub-orbital flight could be the future of air travel. Imagine travelling from Tokyo to New York in two hours.

Remember when just countries used to compete with one another to be the first to whatever?

Now it's the ridiculously wealthy doing it.