NBC News’ Tom Costello spoke to Sir Richard Branson following Virgin Galactic’s historic flight to the edge of space. Branson and a full crew rocketed more than 50 miles before touching back down to earth without a hitch.
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#VirginGalactic #RichardBranson #SpaceRace
Nice
I wish I’d been on board ! 🚀
Me too!
Try the sweepstakes, you never know!
Rich people carnival ride. Calling themselves astronauts. They were cargo…
@Tobber FU Too Again! 😁 👍
@Satisfying Whirlpools – listen man, I am fully behind what this guy is trying to accomplish. And I get the hype, to a point. Just don’t call it what it is not. We got way too much of that going around right now, and it is hurting everybody. Nuff said.
The prices of those tickets will drop to about 25K eventually, and those of us who are middle class or upper middle class will be able to afford those seats but if you’re ultra poor like I think you are you’re just triggered
@TruckerExile E Im extra poor 😪
@TruckerExile E – whoa, nice dig, high school dropout, now truck driver. Appears everyone else thinks differently, since the stock dropped 20% today.
Nice try, right turn Clyde……
They only reached the mesopause, approximately.
They were 8000 feet above the Karman line, technically space, though I wouldn’t pay for less than two minutes “technically” in space.
I read that as the thing women go through lol
We have money for this but can’t end homelessness
@The Finesse King we can do both at the same time. Stop acting like we have to do one at a time. If we do one first then we won’t advance as fast
80% of homeless people in USA are by choice
@Raging Monk yea he should get taxed more the government doesn’t work for us just the rich people and corporations
@Santhosh Mooga and over 50 percent of Americans live paycheck to Paycheck barely getting by Can’t even enjoy life
@The Finesse King Not Richard Branson’s fault. I don’t blame other people for my life’s choices. He gives a lot to charity. Still, he can spend his money on anything he wants. It’s nice he gives a lot to charity, but he’s not obligated to do so. We keep throwing more and more money at the homeless and it has gotten us nowhere in the bay area.
Fake
How lol
Not exactly space. The Karman Line defines space travel. Well short but cool either way. Mostly just a high altitude plane.
They reached 8000 feet above the Karman line.
NASA and the US Military, the experts in space, would disagree with you.
You are right. This is not space. No matter what People say, this is not space.
Rich Billionaire’s: with my obscene amount of wealth I could help stop world hunger, help the homeless, fund medical bills for children and those without the means… Nah, let’s race to see who can get into space first.
Fixed pie fallacy
Hey you… yeah you… if you care about that stuff so much, why don’t you go do something about it? Start a charity, open up your spare room for a homeless man? Go give random homeless people food every chance you get?
Did you look up how much money he gives to charity before you typed? Doubt it. Furthermore, it’s not his responsibility to end world hunger. He can do anything he wants with his money just like you. He devotes 80% of his time to his charitable organization group. How much time do you donate?
Jetsons we’re the Jetsons…
Felicidades Sr Branson!!! 👍🏻
The Future Is Now.
The future has been now since we put popcorn in magic box and it went Brrrrrrrr POP POPPOPOPPOOPOP
This isn’t exactly “futuristic”. This sort of design was already used back in the 1960’s with the X-15, which flew faster and higher than the Virgin Galactic.
BS
???
Amazing
Donald Trump wishes he had the courage to join the club.
Out of all fairness I’m pretty sure him and most other people his size/ age can’t
He is in so much debt he can’t even afford a ride to his kkk meetings
Ahh, he didn’t go to space and they never have if you listen to them. They themselves have said they can’t go beyond lower earth orbit because of the firmament.
@outbackastro your insults say more about you than me
@Kodiak Music i wasn’t even talking to you
Satisfying Whirlpools its mentioned in the bible numerous times not to mention the Torah, Koran, and most ancient cultures – Inca, Egyptian, Aztec, Hindu.
😂😂 got a good laugh
Water is level. Level doesn’t curve. Ever. Disagree? Demonstrate how it curves or shut up
what will the rich do next?
Same as they always do: pay $0 of taxes.
@Roger Wilco uhh brother I have to pay a much higher % of my disposable income than a billionaire does how does that make sense l.
@Super5oldier1 you voted for the people who allowed it. How is it billionares’ fault now?
So many SJWs in the comment section
A billionaire spent more money than most of us will ever have in our lives, just for a joyride. And he expects that to be inspirational to us. “If we can do this, imagine what you can do.”
😒 Seriously?! You can spend millions of dollars on a ride for fun. The rest of us have no hope of ever having something as basic as a home. Do you know how many homes you could have bought for the average American with that money you wasted on your joyride? And YOU have the nerve to think you can be inspiring to us?
😖
(Sorry, but it really angers me how oblivious some of these entitled-minded rich people are.)
@Light Dark Isn’t this kind of advancement in Space tourist? Billionaire’s work there butt off investing and inventing when they have to start off their business. Even if all the Billionaire use their money to help everyone, it will be not enough. Human’s always need more.
While this also can be called a joyride of his. The technology itself is worth it. Something’s in our daily life was just an a invention came from being hobby.
It’s not his responsibility to buy me a home. He does a lot for charity but he’s not obligated to do so. He devotes 80% of his time to his charity group and has pledged billions. I just don’t get why people expect a handout or think someone else owes them something. I worked hard, have a great job, and have a great life because I made great choices. It used to be that people aspired to be the best they could be and for success and now, it’s what ar you going to do for me. SMH. Working to advance technology is not a bad thing.
@ray_ trilits_ EXACTLY! Those $millions could have gone to a good cause, but instead all of those resources were wasted on a joyride.
And he wants us to be inspired by him, for that. THAT is the point.
@Tictacleia it’s not a joy ride. They didn’t do it for fun
News in America is sensationalistic nonsense. The way this “journalist” speaks is a joke.
Very inspiring for our youth. Way better than saying “poor kids are just as bright and just as talented as white kids.”
Pov the racist current president is treated as a saint when the last one literally said anything and got called every political slur In the book
All fake
@Tchaikovsky Maye what is all fake?
Space is fake
@Tchaikovsky Maye I see. Are all the planets fake too?
500 years in the future, moon colonies here we come…
Everyone go BUY SPCE STOCK RIGHT NOW!!!! Going to the moon🚀🚀🚀🚀
Billionaire white male goes into space. Tell me how white privilege ain’t real?
Because a billionaire black man could of gotten a ticket to go or any race, it just matters about how much money you have to buy a ticket
Are you a paid troll?
Huh?
2 words for ya. BARACK OBAMA
Yeah right. Billionaires will keep it for their club. Too bad they don’t work to help the poor instead of race each other to be first billionaire in space.
@Roger Wilco oh of course the billionaires can do whatever they want. Note they don’t pay taxes lol. I get fed up seeing the media glorify their butts lol with this coverage. This is all for their own narcissistic egos. The real astronauts of the 1960s were the heroes. This stuff today barely got into space. It’s all self glorification. Glad you like defending billionaires. Lol.
He devotes 80% of his time to his charitable group Virgin Unite. He has pledged billions for research. Shouldn’t he be allowed to have fun with some of his money just like you?
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So many angry yet funny comments here it’s insane lmao. Like dudes a billionaire he’s going to do what the f@#$ ever he wants.
Nothing compared to the hate in twitter
@D. Perera twitter is a shithole ;=;
62 miles high is the Karaman line and 250 miles high is zero g. Same region was reached in 1963 by the X15 at 350,000 feet.
Seriously over hyped high altitude flight. Weightless does NOT equal “being in space.”
Exactly
this is like Arthur Fortune vs Mr. Burns with Branson vs Bezos.
New chapter of space flight. Billionaires are now directly punching the holes in Ozone layer for bragging and entertainment. (Not to mention the wastage of resources and space debris which might impact critical satellite launch)
@Retro Digi Not exactly ofcourse. But the rocket exhaust with chlorine and other chemicals near the ozone layer itself will have more impact than normal air flights.
From what I was told in middle school, there shouldn’t be any ozone left.
@Abhi Bhasme The fuel is polyamide and nitrous oxide so the exhausts are CO2 and H2O and N2.
Where exactly are the chlorine atoms magically coming from?
Most rockets burn either hydrogen or hydrocarbons so there is nothing special about the pollutants themselves. It’s not world war 2 when they ran them of hydrochloric acid and alcohol.
@Nybbl er thanks for educating these unemployed liberal arts graduates
@Dejan S I can’t stand for spreading of misinformation.
I’ve got a flat earther cousin, I’d like to take with me to space if I win those tickets.
It appears flat but is really a cube. Once you get to the edge you’ve reached a new continent. Then you will be able to say with confidence that you’re incontinent.
I wonder what the look on his face would be lol ha ha ha.
Yea and let him tell you that’s its all a warped view out the bubbled windows and fish eye cameras. Like come on man can’t you see the earth change shape as they film it? First concave, round, then flat again. Its right there just use your eyes.
@Robyn Justice A Real Patriot I guess you missed those classes seems how the “critical” thinking part eludes you.
@Robyn Justice A Real Patriot also if you can’t even watch the video yourself and see what I said then it is just another example how one sees with their brain and not their eyes. So you are not the one to suggest critical thinking to anyone. Start thinking for yourself first. You are so brainwashed you can’t even see the evidence in front of you. Lol
now he can call himself an ASStronaut?…how funny, after just a one flight…he just sat in a seat, did absolutely noting….funny how Bezos was talking crap then congratulated him after the flight…what a joke he has become, especially after cheating on his wife….what a joke…go Bezos…not
Congratulations
One wonders if transmissions were blocked (hacked) at the crucial “PR” point of the journey. Jealousy, commercial warfare?
Elaborate please
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If it is on TV, it must be real!
Literally what lol
The opposite
Biden said a few days ago, “capitalism without competition is exploitation” I’d like to rephrase “either you’re the capitalist or you’re the exploited”
I think most americans want to be exploited
Well everyone benefits from capitalism sooo
@Jake Not everyone, just those that can and will seize everything they can. I know its difficult for some to understand the predicament someone is in because of how different their lives are but trust me when I tell you theres fewer and fewer people with the ability to do such because of the influences around us leads us to essentially stunt ourselves and others, do you think nike, apple or anyone else cares that kids are being bullied for not buying their brand? That’s just one tactic, you may be free but these tactics are engineered to manipulate.
What a dork.
1:50 negative curve?
Camera thing.
Earth is a flat plain
The camera has a fish eye lens
@Ronto Goldlust Yep, smth like that.
This is a child’s game of self-promoting billionaires, which should be prohibited by law for ecological reasons. It contributes neither to science nor to the solution of our global problems. A waste of resources and pollution of the atmosphere. STOP THIS NONSENSE!
All that money for 4mins. Which isn’t really space. Lol and ofcourse he’ll say it’s indescribable and so on to sell it.
Eagerly waiting for Santhosh George kulangara sir to experience this fabulous space journey.. and share with us…. Proud from india
Change you me headline! They reached the edge of space.
#CUTE reminds me of #KITTYHAWK LOL
What is the use of this useless and foolish trips, give that money to the poor people instead
It is for fun my man. They earned that money, they earned that fun
@Dejan S we can enjoy by giving that money to the poor people, in that there is more satisfaction
@It’s VinayKanth Everyone has their own meaning of fun. If I can afford a $200k car, doesn’t mean I’ll get me a Camry and give the remaining to poor. I’ll buy a 150k car and buy a burger to a hungry or give a few dollars extra on tips or maybe give a dollar to homeless and I do that already. I earned that money and definitely not to just give it away but to enjoy the pleasures of life cuz I’m only getting one life my man
Now I know where all of my phone payments went. Good for him, I’m glad it worked out.
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Hahaha…did my space flight in the early 80’s…and only cost me $1500 one way…..https://youtu.be/cEB9c1b6CHo
SGK 💯
That thing could take off from a moon base. Mars next exit.
Just imagine how many children living with food insecurity could have eaten breakfast this morning had these egotistical @sshats weren’t such self centered brats.
He made history first
gotta love the reverse curve at 1:51. oops. maybe we should edit that mistake out of this video.so yeah let me spell that out for you. cameras put curves where there arent any. and when you see the horizon curved both convex and concave you should conclude its neither. still flat people. get over it already.
Wish I could repost your comment in response to all the attacks I’m getting. Geese its like common sense. But people accusing me of being some flat earther (whatever that is) and q non or whatever. Its ludicrous not to see the video for what it is. Its plain and simple the aren’t high enough to see the curve.
@Bryan Annett there is a video online that uses calculous programs to produce your own animated video. shows you wouldnt see a curve from even the space station if I remember right.. main stream media blasts the public eye with images of a super round earth with a 1000 mile diameter. its sad but people are brain dead. easier to throw insults than research with your brain. check out some “paul on the plane” he uses modern software to show nasa pictures are software manipulated. good luck. I have been addicted to finding the lies the public believes for five years now.
Noted
gotta love the reverse curve at @. oops. maybe we should edit that mistake out of this video.so yeah let me spell that out for you. cameras put curves where there arent any. and when you see the horizon curved both convex and concave you should conclude its neither. still flat people. get over it already.
@Jake stokes there are plenty of pilots who talk about flat earth but not publicly, their job is at stake. the ones that do talk amonst other pilots estimate 1/3 know its flat. truth even if earth was a globe you wouldnt see horizon curve, even from 20 miles high. (airline travel is 6 miles high) there is software online that shows this fact.
the lie exist because we are living in a DEMONcratic society. virtually everything space is a lie, with nasa leading the way. believe in the space oriented lies, you wont believe there is a God who created this place. bible states a dozen times earth does not spin. it is firm and immovable.
the altitude is manipulated in these videos, nose of plane going down and altitude climbing. alt drop to 70,000 then suddenly back up to 200,000 on the live ones. all crap from where I am sitting
Who cares
Millions of people that died because of the Covid-19 weren’t able to witness this extraordinary event…
Happiness and bitterness sensation on many folks around the world, specially those that are not whole, because they lost one or more loved ones.
Well isn’t that special ! The rich and privileged created a new exclusive very privileged amusement ride only the rich can afford I hope they threw up on themselves.
Fight for a one-way ticket 🎟🆙⬆️
His flight, his fuel. We have nothing to do about it.
He did a quickie, sensible.
One of the worlds best kept secret, Branson the Peado.
CLOWN SHOW
I don’t think they should be allowed to call themselves astronauts until the crews are much more diverse and equitable!
I agree!!! They’re using the concept “everyone’s a winner” for those who can afford to be on the edge. They didn’t even go into actual space, but giving them the credit of one who spends years of learning and training. Bc he had the money to pay for it?? The idea is cool, but it’s not fair nor a good idea. It’s just cool. Imo
Stop this sick people
0:32 Whoa how did that sentence get on air? 🤣
What?
Big deal, what does this do for me ? Zero, I hope ñasa blows the f up 😃🙂😅🤣😂
Have money?
Looks like we got the technology to finally prove every flat-earther wrong.
Yes
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Didn’t go to space tho. Over 10 miles short.
Fake
the line between space and upper atmosphere has never been more blurry
Go Virgin Galactic
Who belives this?? I bet the civilians that go “to space” will be told they have to wear special goggles to protect their eyes. Space will be nothing more than virtual reality 🤣🤣
They are sun visors
Emerald City
Think how Yuri Gagarin had felt to go to the space for first time….
They only stayed up 30 minutes
Technically they weren’t in space but it’s far enough to feel like it.
The US definition of the start of space is 50 miles, the flight happened in the U.S, so yes they where in space.
But US do not dictate where space begin. Science does. Math does. Sorry bud but the True measurements show that this is not space. Look it up buddy. Teach yourself something
@Denzamusic Yeah it doesn’t matter what country says it is. It wasn’t actual space!
Humanity: Billionaires, you have the power to end world hunger and make the world a better place!
Billionaires: Best I can do, is send myself to space.
Who cares about celebrating rich people getting the ability to see space. Boring.
Sounds like a scam, I don’t know what they want but they want something
Гагарин нервно курит в сторонке
Тогда был настоящий космос, а Брансон долетел всего лишь на край космоса, так как космос это скорость (7,91 км/с), а не высота, на самолёте с ракетным двигателем, первой космической скорости не достичь.
The edge of space…
Climate change and world hunger. Do better rich people.
The never left earth, otherwise the re-entry would burn the craft to dust.
I’m offended they are calling me a virgin
YouTube is dirt
All fakery on the masses they never show space
It wasn’t attached to the belly of the mothership..reporter
I want to improve on it hot Rod
I am wondered how they finance these private research projects, very good ,Americans their finance systems and their government wonderful ,God bless Americans and America, to achieve great success
Bezos, rocket launch was much cooler!
Wake me up when we get to Starwars
It’s so cool to see someone who has dreamt about going into space for so long, being able to finally go. Good for Sir Richard.