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I'm kinda underwhelmed, particularly after all the hype on TV this morning. Sixty year ago, the X-15 flew to an altitude of ~60 miles and Alan Shephard did a similar sub-orbital flight . IMO, you haven't really accomplished much until you succeed in orbital flight. Branson's real achievement is that he privately financed something that government did 60 years ago with public financing.
It's a vanity project and a competition for a couple of guys (Branson and Bezos) who have more money than God and IMO would do more good by following the the example of Bill & Melinda Gates or Bezos' former wife, MacKenzie (Bezos) Scott. This is nothing but a dick-measuring contest for a couple of mega-rich geeks who probably still read comic books.
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