Richard Branson is pushing his space exploration further toward the goal of launching civilian space journeys. Branson says he’ll be the first person aboard the spaceship, after test pilots deem the spacecraft is ready. In the meantime, multi-billionaire Branson and other deep-pocketed investors have forked over $500 million to a company called OneWeb, that seeks to do precisely what Elon Musk’s SpaceX is already working on: beaming internet access from outer space.
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