SpaceX and Tesla CEO Elon Musk, who claims to be living in a modest $50,000, 37-rectangular-metre prefab visitor house in Boca Chica, Texas, has bought a $250,000 price tag to space from fellow billionaire Richard Branson's Virgin Galactic.
The Wall Street Journal reviews that Musk had bought a price ticket for his area experience earlier than Branson touched the threshold of area on Sunday.
"It is unclear how a ways up the ready list Musk is for a seat. Virgin Galactic said its tickets have sold for $250,000 every, and the enterprise has collected $80 million in sales and deposits," the document said on Monday.
In an interview with Sunday Times, Branson stated: "Elon's a pal and perhaps I'll journey on one among his ships sooner or later.
Musk and Branson are top friends.
In a pre-flight tweet, Branson stated: "Thanks for being so generally supportive and this sort of true pal, Elon. Great to be beginning up area for all - secure travels and notice you at Spaceport America!".
Musk replied: "Will see you there to wish you the first-class".
Virgin Galactic has already offered nearly 600 tickets for a trip on its SpaceShipTwo.
With the ancient flight to the brink of space, Branson has opened the doors for all humans to go to area.
Branson on Sunday touched the edge of area with 3 employees, together with one in every of Indian-beginning, and landed accurately back to Earth, on board his organization Virgin Galactic's VSS Unity. It was the 22nd test flight of VSS Unity and the primary test flight with a complete crew in the cabin.
It changed into an "enjoy of a lifetime", stated the 70-yr-old billionaire. The flight climbed nearly 86 kilometres above the Earth's surface.
Besides Branson, the flight included Beth Moses, Chief Astronaut Instructor, Colin Bennett, lead Operations Engineer, and Indian-origin Sirisha Bandla, Vice President of Government Affairs at Virgin Galactic.
Virgin Galactic aims to fly two extra flights, then begin ordinary business operations from early 2022. The last purpose is to conduct 400 flights consistent with year. The agency has already offered almost 600 tickets, with each price tag costing almost $250,000.
After Branson, Amazon Founder Jeff Bezos is predicted to take off in his personal space tourism Blue Origin rocket on July 20. Bezos will fly with his brother Mark and others.
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