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And it was an hour long journey and a few minutes of weightlessness as well. but the journey to get here was decades in the making. not only did branson make it happen, but he brought all of us along with him. >> experience of a lifetime. and congratulations to everybody for creating such a beautiful, beautiful place. congratulations to all our wonderful team at virgin galactic. 17 years of hard work to get us this far. >> make being him the first billionaire to travel into sub space. his goal t...

They will experience weightlessness for a few minutes before returning to the surface. and whit, today jeff bezos wished branson a safe and successful flight, and spacex founder elon musk tweeted this -- well see you there to wish you the best. so it appears elon may be joining us here at space port america. whit? >> a little sportsmanship from the billionaires. gio, thank you. much more ahead on "world news tonight" this saturday. new details in the search for a messing mother from new jersey...

Set to ride his own companys rocket into space, in the coming days. the two men have jockeyed for the astronomical bragging rights that come with being first. branson has insisted that thats no space race with bezos and that the missions are different. >> the kind of experience you are going to get with the two -- the two companies were -- are almost as different as -- so we dont see ourself as a direct competitor. >> reporter: while bezoss flight will be after bransons, his rocket system, new s...

The first nongovernmental organization to launch a reusable crude craft into sub orbital space twice within two weeks. many tried and failed. in 2004, this ship, the tier 1 project, made those two trips on a craft called "space ship 1." one of the sponsors was richard branson with a decades long interest in space. that same year he founded virgin galactic and pledged to bring ordinary people to space. at the time for as little as $200,000 per seat. branson believed virgin galactic could spur a g...

The space -- there are no hotel rooms in the spaceport. they were talking about they have to build some sort of luxurious accommodations for people with that kind of money who fly in on their own personal jets to start off with anyway rather than a one star motel. good enough for the media. maybe not elon musk. the bottom line is you are absolutely right. elon musk was the first yesterday to tweet out good luck to branson, wishing you great success. and then a few hours later jeff bezos tweeted ...

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Path to space. from my perspective whether or not you are a space expert or geek, i say that with respect, this is a story about big dreams and incredible risk taking, innovations, and failing, and moving forward regardless. so it is a story we can all be captivated by and really inspired by. taking away from the billionaires, even though their dreams really, you know, when you look at richard branson getting onboard today, elon musk getting onboard unity 2022, a dream realized. it begins with t...

Incredibly long runway, a runway for space travel in this remote new mexico desert. this is the end of one story for richard branson and the beginning of another, and not just for branson, but passengers on board as well. i love your point, miles. it lasts for a few minutes and you want to take it all in. are you able to, and are you able to really process it? at least hell have the video memories. miles, thank you so much for joining us for this. daniel tani, thank you as well. this, as richard...

15 minutes past the hour right knew. late they are morning we expect to see billionaire richard branson lift off from new mexico for this flight to space. thats if the weather cooperates. >> yeah. and while branson is hoping this flight could usher in a new era of space tourism. a lot of people have questions about why space tourism is so important. last hour we spoke to janet ivy, the president of explore mars incorporated, and she explained the significance of traveling to space. listen. >> to...

Is here on-site. also former astronaut are here on-site. so this is really something that everybodys gotten excited about. listen, three minutes of weightless, not that big of a deal, right? whats a big deal is making this open to everybody. thats why theyre excited. the idea that you and i and anybody else and hopefully the price will come down from a quarter million dollars, but the idea now that this becomes something thats accessible for everybody. >> julian, lets talk about the excitement l...