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Theres thousands of people behind getting the launch made, getting vehicles prepared. those are the things we need to understand. how do we use that. it is a synergistic effect. >> doctor, can you help us understand the difference between two missions in terms of timing. richard branson won the space race, he was up there first. talk about how different bezos mission will be a week from now? >> there are two different vehicles. one vehicle launches like they see a rocket, blue origin has a diffe...

St should be a top u.s. priority to get children back to in-person learning in classrooms in the fall. good morning, this is "early start" monday morning. im christine romans. >> im laura jarrett. so we all learned in school about the first dog in space, the first chimp in space, the first man. now we hold the first billionaire in space. >> release, release, release. clean release. ignition, good rocket motor. theres mock one. >> branson launching into space in a supersonic space plane he help...

Preparations were made before take—off... about 10 years and 1.5 hours behind schedule, in one of the most desolate areas of north america, a lifelong dream became reality. sir richard branson, along with two pilots and three other virgin galactic employees, were transported to the spaceship unity tethered to the mothership eve. then, take—off. this is the moment hes been waiting for. after more than 16 years and hundreds of millions of pounds, sir richard branson is now on his way to space....

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...

This, so the price will have to come down so more and more people can participate. >> briefly, before i have to let you go, what should we be looking to with jeff bezos flight later this month? it will be a little different in terms of the spacecraft. >> this one is a little more traditional. its not going to land on a runway. its going to go up there like alex shepard did, experience some weightlessness and come down in a parachute. a different experience but just as meaningful, and im really l...

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...

3, 2, 1, release, release, release. clean release. >> with that the spacecraft rocketed forward. richard branson touched space and went down cleanly. they experienced about four minutes of weightlessness at an altitude of 50 miles before their descent. sir richard branson spoke about his experience after returning to earth. >> like most kids, i have dreamt of this moment since i was a kid, and honestly, nothing could prepare you for the view of earth from space. the whole thing was just magical....

Trying to figure out whos going to land on the moon first, its billionaires trying to figure out easier ways to get us into space. this is all to get us into space. spaceship two, his company went above the 50-mile mark, so they were 50 miles above the surface of the earth for about 90 minutes. they had several minutes of weightlessness, thats pretty exciting. i have experienced that. but now jeff bezos is coming up next week. you will go on the new shepard said to take off july 20th. you will g...

To four minutes of weightlessness. thats the difference. but i believe blue origin is work on getting other vehicles that can go further in space, im sure thats also the case with virgin. those are the difference between the vehicles. i think the process now is to understand who gets to go, how much does it cost. you talk about space and demock kraitization of space, how much is it when the vast majority of us could not afford to go. >> tom, from a branding perspective in the very, very high end...