
Why Richard Branson’s promises about space tourism are empty
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2171075-why-richard-bransons-promises-about-space-tourism-are-empty/
So what to make of Virgin Galactic founder Richard Branson’s latest declaration, that he is just “month’s away, not years” from finally venturing into space aboard SpaceShipTwo, the company’s eight-seat suborbital spaceplane.
When it comes to suborbital ventures, we have heard such predictions before: Virgin Galactic was originally slated to begin ferrying deep-pocketed tourists …