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Branson reaches space in own ship
Billionaire beats Bezos for first step in astrotourism
SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN and MARCIA DUNN | Associated Press
TRUTH OR CONSEQUENCES, N.M. – Swashbuckling billionaire Richard Branson hurtled into space aboard his own winged rocket ship Sunday, bringing astrotourism a step closer to reality and beating out his exceedingly richer rival Jeff Bezos.
The nearly 71-year-old Branson and five crewmates from his Virgin Galactic space-tourism company reached an altitude of 53.5 miles over the New Mexico desert – enough to experience three to four minutes of weightlessness and witness the curvature of the Earth – and then glided back home to a runway landing.
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