"Welcome to the dawn of a new space age."
Richard Branson becomes the first billionaire to travel to space. And he wants to make space travel accessible to everyone.
Richard Branson becomes the first billionaire to travel to space. And he wants to make space travel accessible to everyone.
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00:00The mission statement that I wrote inside my space suit was to turn the dream of space
00:05travel into a reality for my grandchildren, who are here, for your grandchildren and for
00:13many people who are alive today, for everybody.
00:20I was upside down a few minutes ago, so excuse me.
00:23Anyway, what a day, what a day, what a day, what a day.
00:26I have dreamt of this moment since I was a kid.
00:30Honestly, nothing could prepare you for the view of Earth from space.
00:37The whole thing was just magical.
00:39Suddenly, you're looking down and you're seeing three people looking up at you.
00:43Hang on a minute, what are you doing down there?
00:45I was so honored to test the customer experience.
00:49Initially, I thought testing the customer experience was a little bit of an excuse to
00:54get me on.
00:54It wasn't.
00:56It's so great to just get out there, test the customer experience.
01:00You get lists and lists of little things and it's the little details that matter.
01:04So we are going to now have no details to sort out with this space flight.
01:10This remarkable crew of mission specialists and now astronauts.
01:19They are a complete delight to have flown with.
01:23The mission statement that I wrote inside my spacesuit was to turn the dream of space
01:28travel into a reality for my grandchildren who are here, for your grandchildren, and
01:36for many people who are alive today, for everybody.
01:40Having flown to space, I can see even more clearly how Virgin Galactic is the space line
01:46for Earth.
01:47We're here to make space more accessible to all and we want to turn the next generation
01:53of dreamers into the astronauts of today and tomorrow.
02:00We've all, us on this stage, have just had the most extraordinary experience and we'd
02:06love it if a number of you can have it too.
02:09So just imagine a world where people of all ages, all backgrounds, from anywhere, of any
02:16gender, of any ethnicity, have equal access to space.
02:20And they will in turn, I think, inspire us back here on Earth.
02:25If you've ever, ever had a dream, now is the time to make it come true.
02:29And I'd just like to end by saying welcome to the dawn of a new space age.