Billionaire to space. Well .. "space"

 This image was taken of Richard Branson during his 30 seconds of weightlessness in space today .. 

A generation in the past came together to watch the United States and the Soviet Union race to space..

Now it’s a strange battle of billionaire egos! Masters of cash destined for the heavens in our age!

Will children look in awe at the richest aging men of the planet earth get into their toys to race into the cosmos? Or will we just get lost in the space dust..

MAKING history called for a Champagne celebration for Richard Branson.

He was snapped preparing to pop the bottle after flying with a crew in Virgin Galactic’s passenger rocket plane VSS Unity to the edge of space at Spaceport America near Truth or Consequences, New Mexico.

But before we rule this ‘space’ let’s be honest about what occurred: At Unity’s highest altitude — over 50 miles above Earth’s surface — the crew was able to experience weightlessness and see the planet against the blackness of space before gliding back in for a landing…

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Next up: Jeff Bezos! Bezos is expected to fly on his company’s system for its first human flight on July 20.

The future, it seems, belongs to the stars. The billionaire stars..