{"id":695654,"date":"2021-07-11T05:00:23","date_gmt":"2021-07-11T09:00:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/?p=695654"},"modified":"2021-07-11T05:00:23","modified_gmt":"2021-07-11T09:00:23","slug":"bezos-vs-branson-the-billionaire-space-race-lifts-off","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/?p=695654","title":{"rendered":"Bezos Vs. Branson: The Billionaire Space Race Lifts Off"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Richard Branson started Virgin Galactic 17 years ago to make space travel possible for his generation. This weekend he’ll be on its first fully crewed test flight to space, beating Jeff Bezos by days.<\/p>\n

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