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Watch Owen Wilson and 'SNL' make fun of Jeff Bezos, Elon Musk, and Richard Branson in a mock trailer for 'Star Trek: Ego Quest'
The sketch for "Star Trek: Ego Quest" follows Jeff Bezos' mission "to just sort of fly around space…
Grace Kay
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UN chief tears into Jeff Bezos and Richard Branson for 'joyriding to space while millions go hungry on Earth'
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said that Jeff Bezos and Richard Branson's space …
Grace Kay
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Spaceport locals say rocket launch by billionaire Richard Branson boosted their farming community and put the area on the map
Even though Virgin Orbit's rocket failed to reach orbit, residents believe the focus on Cornwall ha…
Kate Duffy
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Space tourists fly at their own risk - nobody is regulating their safety. Experts say ticket-holders are accepting their role in an 'experiment'
There are currently no regulations for Blue Origin and Virgin Galactic when it comes to public safe…
Grace Kay
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You won't go to space any time soon, no matter what the billionaires say
Ticket prices for suborbital tours on Branson's Virgin Galactic are selling for around $250,000 per…
Grace Kay
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Billionaire Richard Branson visited a Kyiv airfield to discuss rebuilding the world's largest cargo plane, which was destroyed by a Russian attack
The Antonov An-225 Mriya was destroyed in a fierce bombardment of Antonov Airport just days after R…
Will Martin,Abby Wallace
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Jeff Bezos delivered his grandmother's chicken-and-rice dinner to press covering his Blue Origin space flight
Bezos handed a tray of arroz con pollo to reporters, and said it was his grandmother's recipe. "Now…
Anna Cooban
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A barefoot photo of Elon Musk was immediately uploaded to wikiFeet, where the billionaire CEO has only a 2.7 rating
While Branson posted the innocent snap in anticipation of his groundbreaking spaceflight, it immedi…
Avery Hartmans
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Elon Musk has paid a $10,000 deposit for a ticket to the edge of space with Richard Branson's Virgin Galactic
Elon Musk is one of 600 people who have put down $10,000 deposit for a future Virgin Galactic fligh…
Kate Duffy
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Elon Musk wishes Richard Branson well ahead of his space flight, implies he will be there to watch the Virgin Galactic launch
Virgin Galactic's space plane is set to fly with founder Richard Branson on board just days before …
Victoria Cavaliere
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What will space tourists get when they fly with SpaceX, Blue Origin, and Virgin Galactic? Spacesuits, sleeping bags ... and Jeff Bezos
Here's everything included in the price of a space ticket with SpaceX, Blue Origin, and Virgin Gala…
Kate Duffy
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600 people have reserved $250,000 tickets to fly to space with Virgin Galactic, including celebrities like Tom Hanks, Leonardo DiCaprio, Justin Bieber, and Lady Gaga
Another 1,000 would-be astronauts have made $1,000 deposits toward a ticket when sales reopen after…
Dominick Reuter
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Jeff Bezos and Richard Branson are flying to space this month without any insurance for injury or death, according to a report
Virgin Galactic CEO Richard Branson and Blue Origin founder Jeff Bezos haven't bought insurance for…
Kate Duffy
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Richard Branson's Virgin Orbit says its rocket suffered an 'anomaly,' stopping it from taking 9 satellites to orbit
Cosmic Girl, a repurposed Boeing 747, took off and released Virgin Orbit's LauncherOne, but the roc…
Kate Duffy
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Richard Branson's Virgin Hotels opened its newest location in New York City with rooms starting at almost $600 see inside
A hotel room inside Virgin Hotels' new New York City location.Brittany Chang/Insider
Brittany Chang
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Billionaire Richard Branson will beat Jeff Bezos into space - but Bezos will fly higher, the CEO of Blue Origin says
Blue Origin's CEO said that unlike Jeff Bezos, Richard Branson won't pass the Kármán line, an imagi…
Isobel Asher Hamilton
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Jeff Bezos is heading to space, but he's not the only mogul obsessed with extreme experiences. Here are the wildest ways the world's elite spend their free time.
The soon-to-be-ex-Amazon CEO is something of an adventurer, what with his trips out to sea or to th…
Avery Hartmans
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Virgin Atlantic received 5,000 applicants for 400 jobs, according to its CEO
Shai Weiss, the boss of the British airline, told the Sunday Telegraph that competitive pay was beh…
Stephen Jones
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Billionaire Richard Branson calls the Boeing 747 a 'wonderful beast' after the last jumbo jet is delivered but says it was 'too expensive'
Richard Branson bid farewell to the Boeing 747, but said the daily fuel costs across the Atlantic b…
Kate Duffy
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I was at Richard Branson's Virgin Orbit launch. It felt like a festival with its silent disco and food trucks, but the excitement plummeted when the launch failed and Branson didn't show up in person
Richard Branson, founder of Virgin, watched Cosmic Girl (pictured above) from Necker Island.Virgin …