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Title: Billionaire Richard Branson set to fly to space aboard Virgin Galactic rocket
Post by: ssfc72 on July 10, 2021, 04:46:21 AM
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/business/international-business/article-billionaire-richard-branson-set-to-fly-to-space-aboard-virgin-galactic/

There is a lot of events going on this weekend.  The above Virgin Galactic rocket launch with Richard Branson on board (Sunday), Wimbledon tennis finals (Saturday) and the Euro 2020 soccer Final between England and Italy (Sunday)
Title: Re: Billionaire Richard Branson set to fly to space aboard Virgin Galactic rocket
Post by: Jason on July 10, 2021, 03:14:18 PM
The first item sounds good. :)
Title: Re: Billionaire Richard Branson set to fly to space aboard Virgin Galactic rocket
Post by: ssfc72 on July 10, 2021, 08:14:08 PM
On space.com , it says the coverage will start at 9 am Sunday.  the liftoff time was not set but the total time of the flight is 90 minutes.
Title: Re: Billionaire Richard Branson set to fly to space aboard Virgin Galactic rocket
Post by: Jason on July 10, 2021, 09:06:27 PM
Cool. I'll check it out. The article also says that SpaceX will be launching its rocket with an all-civilian crew in September. I don't really understand why. It seems pretty useless to me but maybe they're trying to do a similar goal as Branson, space tourism.
Title: Re: Billionaire Richard Branson set to fly to space aboard Virgin Galactic rocket
Post by: ssfc72 on July 11, 2021, 08:24:01 AM
broadcast time has been changed to 10:30 an.

Here is the streaming Link.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RTpWYWIfP7Y
Title: Re: Billionaire Richard Branson set to fly to space aboard Virgin Galactic rocket
Post by: Jason on July 11, 2021, 10:20:00 AM
Thanks for the update and the link, Bill. It doesn't say the actual launch time.