Richard Branson plans to trump Jeff Bezos by 9 days in billionaires' space race (theregister.com) 3 points by bencollier49 5y ago ↗ HN
[–] nabla9 5y ago ↗ >being first carries its own significance.Charles Simonyi (Microsoft) has been in the orbit twice, total 26d 14h 27m.Other millionaires Mark Shuttleworth (9d 21h 25m), Guy Laliberte. Dennis Tito was the first. [–] melling 5y ago ↗ They didn’t create rocket companies that could fly themselves into space.
2 comments
[ 4.5 ms ] story [ 16.5 ms ] threadCharles Simonyi (Microsoft) has been in the orbit twice, total 26d 14h 27m.
Other millionaires Mark Shuttleworth (9d 21h 25m), Guy Laliberte. Dennis Tito was the first.