Sir Richard Branson has bagged some major bragging rights at the billionaires club.
The tax exile has pipped Jeff Bezos to the title of first billionaire in space.
you could watch the monumental ego trip in the video atop this article.
Bransons 1.5-hour journey reached an apex of around 89kms just above NASAs benchmark for granting astronaut wings.
The Virgin Galactic founder then spent a few minutes pointlessly floating around at zero gravity.
The tycoon had the crucial role of evaluating the customer spaceflight experience.
He now hopes to open space to everybody.
Branson nonetheless proved that anything is possible (if youre unspeakably rich).
You could even accomplish feats that space agencies achieved 60 years ago.
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Poor Jeffs inaugural flight is penciled in for July 20.
To his credit, Bezos magnanimously congratulated his space rival on the trip.
But his rocket company had a painful dig at Bransons plans.
Blue Origins spaceplane, by contrast, is unimaginatively phallic.
But thats a fitting shape for a penis-measuring contest.
Story byThomas Macaulay
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He leads our coverage of European tech and oversees our talented team of writers.
Away from work, he enjoys playing chess (badly) and the guitar (even worse).
