The flight represents a major step towards commercial space tourism.
However, Branson told Reuters in an interview last week that he didn't think space travel was a race."If it's a race, it's a race to produce wonderful spaceships that can make many more people be able to access space. And I think that's both of our aims."to a press release on the launch, and Branson is quoted as saying:"I truly believe that space belongs to all of us.
According to the press release, Michael Colglazier, chief executive officer of Virgin Galactic, said that the flight test for Unity"is a testament to the dedication and technical brilliance of our entire team, and I'd like to extend a special thank you to our pilots and mission specialists, each of whom will be performing important work."
Virgin Galactic only had its first successful human flight from Spaceport America in May. In 2014, an earlier prototype of the rocket planeduring a test flight over California's Mojave Desert, killing one pilot and seriously injuring another. Marco Caceres, a senior space analyst for the Virginia-based consulting firm Teal Group told Reuters that while the ride with Branson is more of a publicity stunt than anything else, the venture of Virgin Galactic will be taken more seriously after the flight.
"There's plenty of multimillionaires in the world that would like to go up on an adventure, so long as they see it as relatively safe," he said.
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