Richard Branson Says He Is Traveling to Space with Virgin Galactic "in Months"

Richard Branson and his Virgin Galactic company is taking big strides in the commercial space race against Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin and Elon Musk's SpaceX. The British business magnate has announced that he will be making his first trip to space via his company's SpaceShipTwo vehicle in mere months. "We're talking about months away, not years away -- so it's close," Branson told BBC Radio 4. The 67-year-old multi-millionaire has been undergoing astronaut training in preparation for what would be ...