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Lightning. dash kam video from another video captures the moment of impact in china. remarkably the driver is okay. truck only had minor damage including a broken side mirror. who knew? cdc says the chances of being struck by lightening are 1 in 500,000. >> dana: oh. >> bill: before we go, we want to talk about richard branson. it was a great moment. you and i noticed the same thing. this gals hair was -- she was taking over the whole scene. >> dana: she has amazing hair. look at . that i have t...

Come true for many, many people. >> rep billionaire space race is on. amazons jeff bezos set to blast off into space next week, sending a message to branson. richard branson and crew, congratulations on the flight. cant wait to join the club. while tonight, branson and his hope. >> if a dislexic kid like myself can do this, then imagine what you can achieve. >> reporter: and david, jeff bezos is up next in eight days. he hopes to go a little further, 62 miles above the surface. and branson hopes...

Here is sir richard branson, astronaut. >> reporter: i spoke to the 70-year-old after the successful landing. >> but youve now been back on earth for a couple of hours. so tell us, what was this experience like for you? >> look, ive dreamt of going to space since i was a kid. and ive always pictured what it would be like. and it was just far more extraordinary than i could ever, ever imagine. >> everything from the blackness, contrast with the earth is just deafening. its incredible. >> reporter...

Imagine airbus flying across the atlantic ocean. the idea is to begin with the rich people and as it becomes more repeatable, reusable, more affordable, more seats becoming available, it becomes more accessible to a larger group of people. thats an exciting prospect. >> good point. good historical comparison there. over what time period does that happen, though? does that happen over a few years or over decades? >> reporter: its interesting. i did the math yesterday. 17 years after lindbergh fle...

Virgin galactic unity attached to the belly of its mothership. inside richard branson, three other employee passengers and two pilots climbing to 46,000 feet. then 45 minutes after liftoff. >> three, two, one, release, release, release. >> reporter: a 2300 mile per hour rocket ride to more than 53 miles high. >> passengers in the back are cleared to unstrop. >> reporter: then the moment branson has been dreaming of since he was a teen, the darkness of space and the curvature of the earth. after ...

>> bill: you may have seen it. billionaire branson ushering a new era of space tourism. check it out from sunday. and then he said branson and a crew of five traveled more than 50 miles above new mexico experiencing weightlessness. they did it the first time ever. mike massimino, how are you doing, mike, good day to you. i told dana you probably see this thing as j.v. you went into space twice, a big shuttle launch, boom, boom, boom. what do you think about what branson did? >> well, i think fir...

>> to all you kids down there,i. was once a child with a dream. >> reporter: branson floated on air in every sense. >> i have dreamt of this moment since i was a kid. and honestly, nothing can prepare you for the view of earth from space. the whole thing, it was just magical. >> reporter: in the battle of the space barons, branson now has billionaire air bragging rights. he personally got to space first before elon musk of spacex or jeff bezos of blue origin. musk cheered on branson in new mexic...

They believe youre going to see a lot of people, hundreds of people in coming years take off from the spaceport. it is not just richard branson, it is for any operator that wants to go in space and a perfect location. you have no conflict with air traffic control and great weather. for state of new mexico, they think it is worth a billion dollars in terms of tax revenue, for last crews as, half million from this launch. so many come in for the race, for the liftoff. we stayed in hotels. how soon...

Cheering behind me. this is an historic moment that richard brandson and his team have been waiting forward for nearly two decades. it has ignited. this is the moment that branson and his team have been waiting for. oh! i have to pause. i have to take this in. this is really an incredible moment here. >> the entire flight lasted about an hour with branson and his crew enjoying several minutes of weightlessness and a panoramic view of earth. rachel crane spoke to branson about his ground breaking...

As an astronaut or my friends are doing in the space station training for years and going up with specific duties and so on. this is more of the experience of it but also research can be done and exploration as well. even for the short flights that richard branson and jeff bezos will go taking now. i think its pretty cool. the more people that can get up there the better. there is different paths to get there. brand-new one has opened up. >> dana: branson tweeted i dreamt about this moment since...