Watch Virgin Galactic launch Richard Branson to space (first zero G!)

[@doctrui]

"One small peek into space, a giant hit to the wallet"

[@Onthecouch-r5r]

Space 😭😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 and astronauts 😂😂😂 stop it my sides ache

[@Mildain2000]

They're essentially just strapping people into a fancier X-15 to take a quick peak into "space"

[@fridaycaliforniaa236]

I'm dead 😂😂😂😂 You rock my friend 😂😂

[@N2YTA]

@@Mildain2000 The X15 went higher and faster, decades ago.

[@Mildain2000]

@@N2YTA I thought saying "poor man's X-15" was too harsh

[@carlostheflame]

Perhaps they should get a Starlink subscription for the next flight...

[@cgilleybsw]

thinking the same thing.

[@mostlysanetrader]

Okay fanboy now go back to daddy Elon and fo

[@samgunmagnus4583]

😂

[@flavioernst902]

@@mostlysanetrader what the heck is wrong with you?

[@lindasmith3978]

Lol

[@mtnbikr107]

Great technological achievement. Next invention: reliable internet connection.

[@devoid24]

branson was bonking one of his two female "helpers" up there, just to get on the MILES high club and didn't want anyone to view that!

[@treilze06]

Elon is working on that.

[@johnjacobson2010]

Dying....

[@sicilianjohnny]

Mt that was perfect

[@dingdong5601]

That or finding the data to go back to the moon. Think of all the technological benefits.

[@jubi400]

I'm SO glad there were no mishaps! Congrats!!

[@DiabloOutdoors]

no mishaps???? have you watched the same video as all of us??? No audio, no video from the inside when this was ULTRA important to promote their stuff. And they've spend just few seconds when they promised 6-7 minutes. Major failure here...

[@jubi400]

@@DiabloOutdoors I was mostly talking about the fact that they DID NOT BLOW UP! 🤨

[@aaronweiser5421]

LOL, They didn't even get into Space, space starts at 330 Thousand feet, they only hit 280 thousand feet........

[@jaylockwood5030]

the whole thing was staged

[@aaronweiser5421]

You can FLOAT in any aircraft ,all they do is climb in altitude then dive down sharply, and you will have weightlessnes, that's how astronauts train.......

[@manofsan]

He certainly showed his own confidence in the system by flying onboard it himself

[@questionreality6003]

definitely! accident waiting to happen dumb crap design - shuttle's been done, mothballed now too

[@Xi_Jinping_is_Pooh]

Yup definitely. Trusted his engineers to ride it first time himself.

[@sekou3758]

@@questionreality6003 ???

[@Paolo-qe7lc]

@@questionreality6003 You can’t even type a sentence and are saying space aircraft are a “crap design” 😂😂😂

[@fredjones7705]

Maybe...but maybe he just didn't want to answer any questions if something went wrong.

[@williams.vincent4235]

The video feed was outstanding! Didn’t see a thing!

[@devoid24]

branson was bonking one of his two female "helpers" up there, just to get on the MILES high club and didn't want anyone to view that!

[@kieronphillips2224]

@donna d an they got a clear voice from the moon gftoh LMAO 🤣

[@michaelwerkov3438]

@donna d i mean, technically its space. but the edge of the space is substantial less impressive than being in orbit

[@flatfan7306]

That's because there is no curvature, if there was, they would have all kinds of footage!

[@kieronphillips2224]

@@flatfan7306 always round windows

[@lucylulu1544]

She sounds like a tour guide.

[@eutimiochavez415]

She is that her job

[@JestersDeadUK]

@J how is she unprofessional?

[@toyomoma.6841]

A very very VERY annoying tour guide

[@sumrukumru4203]

Because she is tour guide, this is space tourism not space mining

[@abhishekpandey6937]

Stop judging guys she must be tired working her mouth around him

[@andyachilleos5013silvereagle]

He makes me sick ,begs for a bailout during furlough,half his staff still on furlough and he spends god knows How many millions to do this

[@seanwilliams480]

He’s a salesman. This is another tourist destination. He would have a hard time selling rides on his space plane if he didn’t go do it himself. Now he can ramp up to multiple ships all over the world and start cashing in. It’s all about making money.

[@sunshineboy8375]

What's this story?

[@cory35hogan]

I have no idea if what your explaining is true about a bailout or furlough, yet this is a waste of money. He better have very well laid out payment plan or exit plan if one of these flight fails tragically.

[@linneascott5045]

it was probably closer to billions. And since the government will no longer fund space exploration, I commend these gentlemen for stepping forward to rebuild such a large undertaking. In the early days of space flight, it all started out with short trips. Unfortunately, Sir Branson could not have predicted all the circumstances of life that are occurring today. He has been planning and building this space dream for over a decade. It wasn't suddenly dreamed up and put into action over night. Perhaps we should be looking at the suppliers and contractors that have jacked up and inflated prices so high that no one really knows how much an actual piece of equipment or the person using it should cost. Corporate greed doesn't always start at the very top.

[@cory35hogan]

@@linneascott5045 I need you to stay out of the Koolaid Mrs. Scott.

[@themooreonvarietyshow6070]

They only went roughly 51 miles above the Earth's surface, tho it's cool, it's hardly space, just saying.

[@seanwilliams480]

Totally agree. A far cry from what Musk and Bezos are doing. This is just a gimmick to make quick money. The supposed weightlessness they experience isn’t any more weightless than when you’re being dropped on that ride at Six Flags.

[@Spacey_key]

@@seanwilliams480 did you just compared that Bezos's toy to Crew Dragon and Falcon 9?

[@mikeallen5865]

Spaceship One went 68 miles!

[@archy7547]

@@seanwilliams480 It's a different approach, and it's the right approach for the future. This is only the beginning of this design. Musk is providing interplanetary travel. So that's good, Richard is giving it a new approach which is also fantastic. Now what Bezos is trying to do... I have no fkn clue. He made a tourist rocket with no beneficial to the space industry. He did what Musk already could years ago. If anyone is doing it for quick money, it's Jeff

[@shonumodelofficial4119]

Don't see the distance, see the speed at which thier shuttle was transporting to space..It must be thrilling to travel at that level of speed.

[@MichaelD333]

UFOs are laughing at us thinking, “ these humans are so proud of going a few feet up!” 🤣🤣🤣👽👽👽

[@kurtb8474]

The aliens probably started out the same way.

[@ThePowerfox18]

Although they would be using the metric system because everyone except the USA uses it 😂

[@aeroflopper]

@@ThePowerfox18 apart from this video where the read out is imperial

[@probe26]

@@kurtb8474 how dare you?

[@ThePowerfox18]

aeroflopper I don’t know what you mean. Virgin is US-american of course they use imperial. But as far as we know the rest of our galaxy uses metric

[@Fergobirck]

The guy whispering "c'mon baby" every few seconds LOL

[@Dr_jhatka_69]

C'mon baby free some taxes

[@majormitchell9389]

Exactly he didn’t have much faith in the execution

[@majormitchell9389]

Elon’s going to crush these guys

[@Mike_Greene]

@@majormitchell9389 noooo...he do it to immerse dummies watching.

[@nimblejack]

There you go people. Just take our word for it. We're in Space!

[@helenegan1079]

A waste of space excercise!

[@dc4690]

Right...And they do lol

[@turfsuplawnpros7415]

Notice they're not referring to it as outer space, double speaking

[@Mildain2000]

Very thoughtful of them to use the same camera to record it as the one used on the moon landing 50 years ago

[@ronson-natsarim]

Actually it seems they had better tech back then as they were supposedly orders of magnitude further away yet broadcasting clearly back to earth.. yet Virgin Galactic in 2021 wasn’t able to broadcast from sub-“orbit”. The evidence continues to pile up.

[@joag1971]

@@ronson-natsarim p

[@lolerie]

@@ronson-natsarim just a bug in ffmpeg, I am sure. 😜

[@GooseCrack]

@@ronson-natsarim that's not evidence, don't lie to yourself now

[@aliciaellis2832]

@@ronson-natsarim I was thinking that exect same thing the whole time. and the (moon) film was perfect hahahah. it was a big big joke

[@noclu4u384]

I ve experienced zero g before . My entire family for 4 generations are pilots . My dad would do an aerial maneuver called a parabolic arch in his plane and we would experience weightlessness for 15 -20 seconds . If you weren't wearing your seatbelt you would float up out if your seat . Really cool experience when your a kid .

[@fortel7939]

Wow, it sound so cool ! You are lucky to have a pilot dad. If I want to have this same feeling, it will cost me thousands of dollar 🥲

[@pseltoro4]

this lady's voice does to my ears what a chainsaw does to wood.

[@glitchmanshandle]

well put.

[@bevtwin9971]

😂😂😂😂

[@61Slughi]

Sounds like she's announcing a ride at 6-Flags. Then there's the blow hardy, eye rolling ad copy @ 3:58 Yeesh...

[@jamesbaker1214]

I couldn't hear a thing but my dog went berserk!

[@elizabethdorigovillarroel5484]

😂 Indeed

[@stevenhoule1866]

I've been waiting for them to launch this for years... Im very underwhelmed. they made it seem like this was a glorified vomit comet ride... they literally maintained altitude for like a minute... what happened to the like 7-10 minutes in space promise.. maybe i'm missing something here..

[@elvispaul287]

You are absolutely right !

[@mihai69stoian]

Corect..same corrupt video image,that it!

[@melm9646]

I think Jeff Bezos will be more exciting.

[@elvispaul287]

@@melm9646 ya space x will be the real deal ( orbital )

[@ivankulola5847]

There is always a fake cheap product in the market

[@carlg5086]

At Virgin we are all really disappointed, that we couldn't get Branson any further away from Earth.

[@rockymntnliberty]

IfYou are wanting to get Branson farther away from the Earth, you're probably need to contract with SpaceX for that, lol.

[@TheMagnitudo]

🤣😂🤣😂🤣

[@ZackWolfMusic]

Brandon never left the earth!

[@TheMagnitudo]

@@AngSH2024 the earth 🌎 is flat , lol 🤣

[@SankhaMoulik]

Lolzzz.....I don't understand what his leadership and why it's considered so extraordinary to be taught in mba ?

[@gregoryjohnson4319]

If only they were this brave and fearless, when called upon to take care of their employees...

[@hoaniwarmenhoven6092]

This is like watching the Wright brothers, picture 100 years from now. Cool

[@perfectstudents8361]

Not that cool. Plenty of astronauts have gone to space since the 1950s.

[@chickendinner5572]

@@perfectstudents8361 this is for passenger flight ya Einstein. It's for normal folks to travel and a faster speed and into space and not reserved for astronaut.

[@davidmusser7927]

Human space flight: The only technology that actually goes backwards.

[@cloudfox1908]

@@perfectstudents8361 This is for commercial flights. It is cool because it shows they're making progress in making spaceflight available to the masses.

[@secretzombie3976]

@@cloudfox1908 if I may ask, where do you plan on going when you get to space?

[@deborahalqanai6595]

Congratulations Sir Richard Branson!! I’m so happy also for the people of New Mexico for deciding to invest in this space project!! So worth it to have invested to see this happen!! God bless!!

[@trvman1]

Ok, I bet they could have modified the SR 71 to get into space. It could go Mach 3. I was not impressed with this at all.

[@Dr_jhatka_69]

@@marcosolo6491 haha you liked your own comment

[@ThePoductions360]

@@marcosolo6491 We're getting to the point where it is not so expensive. The real problem is the space junk. We need a way to collect it all.

[@alexandernorman5337]

@@marcosolo6491 Yeah, that will be the case for the next 15-20 years. But we got to get through this phase before we can create a real space based economy. And mankind can't stay confined to Earth forever.

[@alexandernorman5337]

@@trvman1 No you couldn't. The turbojet engines couldn't generate the needed thrust at those kinds of altitudes. Although I do agree that Virgin's business isn't extremely impressive. Not all organizations consider 80km (they made it to 84km) the boundary of space. Some affirm 100km to be the boundary. So you won't be universally recognized as an astronaut by going on one of their flights.

[@marciomoreira84]

I am so happy for this beautiful achievement by Virgin! Congratulations to Richard and the whole team! A dream come true! See that it's not just anyone who puts their skin in the game to demonstrate how safe and wonderful this new world is that they are inaugurating right now. Very happy to see Richard remembering God all the time. Oh my God! ...remembering how wonderful the creator is to offer us so much and so beautiful things!

[@clancampbellful]

I think the flat earth 🌎 people should buy a ticket 🎟 on one of these flights ✈️

[@1jazzyphae]

They'll never be able to afford it😭 simple brains make low paychecks😭😂

[@Supking47]

@@1jazzyphae ezy

[@TinaM4631]

LOL, no kidding

[@gospeltruthtv]

The ship only goes up then down…they don’t fly to the other side to see the huge turtles holding up the flat earth!

[@YOMALO.]

Hahaha flat earthers are dead now

[@treseoreilly1953]

I watched Apollo 11 land on the moon. This defines our new age. A single man's dream of slipping the surly bonds of Earth. And another is in the wings.

[@davidmag808]

that one was fake sorry man apollo is so fake

[@Pepsiguy]

I experienced both and was thinking the same thing.

[@throckmorton3705]

nice reference to john gillespie magee jr. and his poem high flight.

[@GooseCrack]

@@throckmorton3705 yep!!

[@GooseCrack]

@@davidmag808 😐

[@TuffCheez]

Amazing technology, yet audio recording sounds 100 years behind!

[@zeketeccnc1207]

To give some context to this flight. Low earth orbital velocity is around Mach 25. The Virgin Galactic craft barely broke Mach 3 before engine shutdown. To actually get to orbit, this craft would have to be going 8 time faster.

[@TR6Telos]

Only if using a ballistic approach.

[@McClellan71]

So.. it's fake? Is the earth flat too?

[@jdmillar86]

@@McClellan71 he's not saying it's fake, just saying that there's a huge difference between "reaching space" which this did, and getting into orbit.

[@shonuff778]

@@McClellan71Question 1....Yes. Question 2.....who knows? I sure didn't see a ball anywhere in this video.

[@gotals1]

Actually their mach scale doesn't represent the correct mach number for the altitude. It's sea level mach speeds. Still no where fast enough to actually do anything

[@fuzelihlengcobo625]

I would book a ticket just to go up there and experience this because it is really cool... But this broadcast did not convince me.

[@staircapades]

Just wait till Virgin Galactic releases their official video lol

[@fuzelihlengcobo625]

@Sand Hanitizer Lol of course not..

[@alexanderkis9041]

space is simply not that interesting. It is black with a giant bright thing and super giant blueish thing.

[@Jbeats37]

how is going to space fun? its boring

[@alexanderkis9041]

@@Jbeats37 it is one time experience. You won't fly there twice. Flying to other planets is completely different level.

[@Rocksolidhandyman]

What happened to the video we were supposed to see of them floating. All i saw was a pixelated video that looked like Spice TV Scrambled!🤣🤣🤣

[@iNitinMehta]

He took the phrase "Its time to leave earth" to whole new level.

[@b3at2]

Notice they didnt show inside the ship when it got to space… something happened. Somebody probably puked lol.

[@treygronkowski8942]

He never left earth

[@amritsingh4251]

@@b3at2 lol i never though of that. You my friend, are a genius

[@Aaronit0]

They didn't left earth. The kerman line is situated at 100km and it's the point commonly accepted where space begins and earth "ends" (there is still earth gravity and a bit of oxygen up there thought)

[@FamousInternetGuy]

Just incredible. Huge congratulations to Sir Branson.

[@arthurcurrey7109]

Someones getting a kickback for blowing this out of proportion

[@josephs3973]

Well, it is the very first time a non-astronaut civilian goes on a private rocket powered vehicle beyond what NASA and the FAA consider to be "space" (50 miles of altitude).

[@jimpizza6518]

All of the 17 yrs. of hard work aside.....Who-ever picked this woman for the play-by-play got it right. Her voice and genuine enthusiasm fit this so perfectly. Good job girl. You made this even more spectacular that it already was. .......and to Sir Richard.......Congratulations.....from the home of John Glenn....,,.,.Ohio, USA................ET

[@MichaelDominguez25]

I was wondering how they went about picking that perfect voice, cadence & delivery.

[@Phoenixspin]

What's the big deal? So he took a ride on a plane? I don't get it.

[@chrisoakley5830]

That's what I saw also. Nothing special.

[@whybotherha1021]

to make a point A to point B much faster for people instead of using normal jet airplane. That is his goal.

[@secretzombie3976]

The big deal was them making off with all of those investors money lol

[@keithgo58]

Their transmission reception is about like their cellular service.

[@YankeeStacking]

Such INSPIRATIONAL WORDS from Sir Richard Branson on this historic flight. Too bad the audio and video stream was over galactic dialup. 😂😂🤣🤣

[@earlofdoncaster5018]

I think I detected some unconscious bias from the commentator ;)

[@smoke.on.thewater]

I think the words were magical

[@SheepofTheShepherd-nu3lz]

I think he's walking after his own lusts 2 Peter 3:3 KJV - Knowing this first, that there shall come in the last days scoffers, walking after their own lusts,

[@earlofdoncaster5018]

@@SheepofTheShepherd-nu3lz Non-sequitur of the month award there!

[@SheepofTheShepherd-nu3lz]

@@earlofdoncaster5018 👌

[@peshozmiata]

Can you even consider this as "being in space" when the apogee is below the Karman line?

[@andrewkullar5679]

Yes

[@GooseCrack]

@unknown user the distance to space is not defined, however the vast majority like over 90% of scientist belive that space starts at the 100km Karman line. Looks like VG decided to stick with the lesser acknowledged 80km line bc unity can't go above 100

[@manlyadventures]

It’s 80km to get your astronaut wings

[@manlyadventures]

It’s also what the X Prize was set at, they will raise the altitude as they prefect the design and It abilities

[@Tim-K.]

@@GooseCrack It would rather be even higher than 100km than lower, because our atmosphere reaches far higher than 100km

[@joecox8909]

Why is this so impressive?? Didn’t we land on the moon and drive buggy’s and play golf like back in the 70’s..? 🤔

[@ReValveiT_01]

No, "we" didn't. Only a very select few with the right skills, fitness, intelligence and GUTS did. ANYONE can go on this, even an obese flat earth believing moron who doesn't have the guts to leave their keyboard. Spot the subtle difference now?

[@I_dont_want_an_at]

you angry son? You'll go to prison for unlawful emotions

[@ReValveiT_01]

@@I_dont_want_an_at Angry at moronic, ignorant comments? Yup.

[@vanlookenroel7211]

No, that's a lie too

[@ceprione7068]

Nope,the lies are impressive

[@tylerbuckner3750]

Awesome flight. The pre-written commercial reading is a bit cringe…

[@boathousejoed9005]

She's got a cute upbeat voice😃

The entire "livestream" was cringe

[@MichaelNNY]

REAL cringe. Embarrassing.

[@neighbor18]

This is good to be the first space flight ever with no space suits.

[@ryanthompson3737]

Mainly because they were coming right back down. Had they been destined to any orbiting station, they would pretty much be required to wear them. You're not even allowed to have a PENCIL on the space station because writing produces graphite dust that will float off and get into many of the instrument panels where itll conduct electricity and cause arcing or damage to the systems. The ISS needs to be as much of a clean room as possible.

[@XX-pl4eg]

its probably because it was so brief and the fact that at that altitude they were actually in the upper mesosphere and not actual outer space...its the 3rd atmospheric layer and theres a few more after it before space starts if i remember the diff atmospheric layers right..just convert the feet to miles and look up the atmospheric layers and the altitudes they cover

[@GooseCrack]

They do have suits just not the helmets, However their chance of an unexpected depressurization is probably incredibly slim because they are only suborbital and for a short interval of time. They could probably get away with having O2 masks like planes do, whereas someone like a spacex astronaut will be in space making maneuvers and in a parking orbit for a while and will need the suit to replenish O2 in such case :^) (whether or not Virgin galactic went to space is still debated though since they only went 80km)

[@vesicapiscis5917]

Same suits the star trek cast wear! See the suits the fighter pilots wear to protect them from g forces! None of the galactic crew had any of that on! Cos it was all a Hollywood side show son

[@jeffron7]

@@ryanthompson3737 hmmm..(graphite-oxide) is in the (jabz).

[@SirMuneerM]

The closest feeling for a 70 years old to be a virgin

[@leechurchill1965]

One must at least admire the aesthetics. It's such an elegant graceful sight when it takes off. Much more than some phallic rocket creating a massive explosion from the ground.

[@endlesshungerhealthyfood2583]

'Space' is slowly coming down to earth these days, no pun intended ;)

[@bugmaster11]

The live stream audio to the moon in the 60's was much better 🤷‍♂️

[@redvolta4704]

It should be clear when simulating moon on earth

[@TrollManPro]

That tells you it was fake

[@TheDudeAbides1776]

Well to be fair the video footage shot on the moon was 10 fps with 320 lines of resolution. ATM cameras shoot higher quality than that.

[@Astromath]

Even back they had satellite relay transferring the data (with lower quality and therefore less bandwith) I don't know what Virgin Galactic used but I assume some small ground based relay stations which had to transfer high quality color video which means high bandwith

[@TrollManPro]

@@sasmitvaidya you know I'm telling the truth. Do your research

[@applepie7282]

no wheels up, no landing. great highlights…

[@damachine3]

3:42 They can figure out how to build that ship and get it into space and back but they can't make a simple radio transmission...even after doing so for multiple decades.

[@randyelliott9152]

Cheers Sir. Richard....And everyone that made this work. One of the last great adventures.... Space....the final frontier!

[@mankind8807]

Not the last, space is inconcievably big we could only explore an insignificant chuck of it...

[@diptymahajan8660]

New age has begun . Challenging new frontiers.....

[@suttonmatthew]

I have to say that I teared up watching this extraordinary venture.

[@dmc431]

🤣🤣🤣

[@HeavyLikesSandwich]

😂😂😂

[@joeblinded1552]

The X-15 was operated under several different scenarios, including attachment to a launch aircraft, drop, main engine start and acceleration, ballistic flight into thin​ upper atmosphere. First flight: 8 June 1959. Birth of the television show, The Six Million Dollar Man.

[@c.t.6697]

They didn't really fly in space, just got a boost to go really high, then glide back down.

[@rendyazha4315]

Anti gravity

[@heaven7360]

I wish Branson and Musk to please stay up there...oh and eventually Bezos too.

[@JosiahSchmidt]

They reached 53 miles above ground. NASA defines space as 50+ miles above ground. They did, in fact, reach space as commonly understood.

[@kennethjohnson6223]

This was a silly effort to get to the edge of space..... big deal slingshot into edge of space fall back down..... my hamster when I was a kid could have done that.... and the mission control chick said remember this date and what you were doing.... lol

[@apophis_202x]

Watching from Kenya in Africa!

[@Mente_Universal]

Is fake

[@chelsheet]

@@Mente_Universal how?

[@showmoreavail]

ok, and...?

[@badapple824]

Ohh... I thought you're from Kenya in South Asia.

[@Bryan-or2wf]

Are you that prince that keeps emailing me?

[@wangyaojun]

Suddenly, going into the space doesn't look that difficult now, thanks for making this easier.

[@MeeMee-gz5vp]

That’s because they weren’t really in space

[@Jonathan-NC]

Should have used starlink! Upload feed is like AOL dial up 😂

[@diamondgeezer1665]

more like virgin broadband..

[@AppleRob]

So this is basically a vomit comet for rich people 🥴

[@kevinkirkby1484]

Yip.. in fact for that feeling of weightlessness they could ride the comet for around £10k if memory serves and for that nape of the earth view I believe the Russians will send you up in a mig to 70thft for a few bob and give you a much more fun ride up n down... Definitely a rich man's toy in an age where covid has fooled so many livelihoods including the pilots and stewards of Vergin Atlantic.

[@chrisoakley5830]

Yep. That's pretty much it.

[@Ellie-nn6bh]

Poor people like us they don’t care

[@RandomDudeOne]

Congratulations Mr. Branson, you have successfully replicated what the X-15 did over 50 years ago (except the X-15 went quite a bit higher, 67 miles).

[@thingonathinginathing]

And now it's only a matter of time before flights like this is as affordable as a domestic flight.

[@Music-yw2kd]

Love the mirror at the back of the cabin....see yourself floating...Great thinking....!

[@sammikhail3837]

Am I the only person underwhelmed by this? People have been to the moon and have lived aboard the space station. This seems like a glorified plane ride?

[@margra99]

They went to moon over 50 years ago. This giant step backwards.

[@ryanthompson3737]

@@margra99 Even if we gave the benefit of us giving up on space and just now getting back into it... elon has been sending people to the ISS for a bit now and has been dangling that possibility in front of NASA for years with their cargo dragon missions. This isnt really new even for modern standards

[@freedom6654]

🙋

[@DamagedDingo]

It’s more about making it safe enough for average joe. But I agree meh

[@tomastomas1497]

Branson and co. knows very well that NASA has never been on the moon.They also know that space station is fake.Branson knows also now that the earth is flat.

[@marinawolf]

He did it, the mad lad!

[@oggy_8688]

Lad?😐

[@tanisraistlin4934]

On New Mexico tax payer dollars .

[@Johnny127ful]

They didn’t even go into space, waste of time & money.

[@pixsilvb9638]

Lad did it? more like Burt Rutan's Scale Composites made it. Branson just rolled out his big checkbook. Is not like he created this vehicle, conceptualized, disigned or constructed (??) He just payed with his inmense wealth. Brits are funny. "Now this is one of the best days in English aerospace history" Yeah, sure. Launched from America, from American spaceport, with American technology, American creativity, American Knowhow and American engineering. Off course Branson space suit and commercial space vehicle sports the brit flag. 🇬🇧 🤣🤣🤣

[@mikeyw6450]

@@pixsilvb9638 American creativity? Name one thing America made on their own without any support from Europeans

[@MiniLemmy]

Can’t say that I’m that impressed - he just barely brushed what could be considered ‘space’ - this was more akin to a high altitude plane ride - it was barely two and a half times the altitude that most weather balloons burst…

[@leona822]

So no footage of the crew as Virgin Galactic was ascending to space? We only get footage once they are floating around once they reach space?

[@user-ko8wo9cv7m]

Did you really just want to watch people sit in seats?

[@jamesdemler7548]

Great achievement SRB! I heard SpaceX is interviewing for entry level positions.

[@doncunningham3124]

Burt Rutan has been one of the most inspirational people in my life. Since I was a kid. Livin' the dream outside of the box!

[@Twiggy163]

They didnt reach space. That would require another 20km increase in altitude.

[@terrykeever3280]

When I was a younster in the 60s, they said we'de be able to travel into space regularly by the year 2000. Twenty one years later .... if you got the money and are reasonably healthy, have at it.

[@nathan1sixteen]

Well, to be fair, this isn't really space, and it's unknown how "regular" this is actually going to be.

[@whatwouldaudreyhepburndo4260]

Who flew parallel to film the entire flight up there?

[@KingLutherQ]

It would be exciting of they could orbit around the earth one time.

[@Jbeats37]

impossible. No machine will be able to orbit the earth in a day.

[@mikethomas6120]

@@coreytrevorlayhey1528 but nasa has admitted that none of those images are real and they use cgi composites. For the record I’m not a flat earthier. Seems logical to me the earth is round considering every other system in our universe is as well such as the moon and the sun.

[@JamesQHolden]

@@coreytrevorlayhey1528 what equipment do you use to track and take pictures of it

[@spire4101]

@@Jbeats37 first time on the internet? Dig a lil deeper. Thousands of machines circle the globe multiple times a day, including the space station.

[@gregedwards1087]

​@@Jbeats37, in low Earth orbit EVERY satellite orbits in about 90 minutes, including the 420 Tonne International Space Station, they see 16 sunrises and sunsets every 24 hours. However, this vehicle is SUB-ORBITAL, it does not have enough fuel or power to get it to the speeds required for ORBITAL flight, this vehicle reaches about 3,500 (972 metres per second) kmh whereas orbital vehicles like the Space-X Falcon 9 (Second Stage) reaches about 28,000 kmh (about 7,800 metres per second). Cheers

[@thebestgame9517]

Sir Richard has conquered space, next step to build a space station

[@twill9278]

Tough to build a space station in four minute bites.

[@902johnson]

not even an arbitrary height for when 'space' has been penetrated, just welcome to space. Can anyone explain why the vehicle slows down when 'space' has been achieved? I would have assumed now there would be no resistance against the craft and they would at least maintain their velocity until such time some thrusts are made to redirect the craft for re-entry.

[@zaatofrancis5608]

Happy birthday to a Visionary Living. Watching from Ghana, impossibility made Possible, One step further for Man kind.

[@gk2677]

What did I miss? They spent about 30 seconds in stratosphere and glided back. A bit underwhelming..

[@cityplanner3063]

More than we can ever be in space 😂

[@claudiocorleone7856]

Agree. The experience is not long enough at this moment but congratulations are in order to Branson and his organization. No doubt that Bezos will out do this due to having deeper pockets. His rocket will actually launch from earth and go deeper into space.

[@fuffoon]

There are still many video and communications anomalies cropping up. Cameras seem to not like rocket travel too much.

[@barryvoeten]

"Welcome to space" she said. It's more like a triple-diple disneyland rollercoaster up and down again. It's a rocket, not a ship.

[@zombiesstoryline]

No it’s a rocketSHIP😁

[@nathan1sixteen]

"Space"

[@FarlesNCharge]

Drugs

[@perfectstudents8361]

History making space flight? Flying to the edge of space is no big deal. Flying to a space station and staying there for a few days will be a big deal.

[@pheonixxxrose]

Says the person watching from KZbin

[@lordkarinwhiteford2472]

People need to understand this is history. Richard is the first person to go this high on his OWN craft.

[@dckfg01]

I expect Branson to do the space walk next time.

[@karthikkannan4797]

Is this really space flight ? Since it has still thin air around

[@piyh3962]

There's no hard line where the atmosphere ends, even the ISS has to raise it's orbit because of atmospheric drag.

[@Martinroadsguy]

SpaceShipOne won the X Prize doing this exact same thing (higher altitude as well) over 15 years ago. What is groundbreaking about this?

[@chhotusharma2018]

First space tourism. Stared new future for humanity.

[@Dr_jhatka_69]

Don't even try to spell that

[@SpaceRanger187]

But can't cure cancer,hair loss or the common cold..We can't even get along with each other.. Probably why they are all trying to leave

[@UnGenX]

some humanity yu mean.

[@Dr_jhatka_69]

@Yella geechee Plot twist:This is Jeff Bezos disguised as Richard Branson

[@mankind8807]

@@SpaceRanger187 Some problems are harder to solve than others, and for your information we can cure certain kinds of cancers, but there isn't one fit all cure for all cancers, but there is promising research. Hairloss can already be cured even with implants and other solutions, you just haven't searched for it. The issue with getting along with each other is a very complex one, involving religion, politcs, culture, etc...essentially to have world peace you can either be a totalitarian regime and force everybody to agree with you by fear, or you can be sneaky about it and use the media to indocrinate people to think like you, or magically convince everbody to drop all their beliefs and follow yours, either way for everybody to get along, some people's political, religious, and cultural beliefs will need to destroyed or surpressed in favor of others, and trust me this doesn't come without resistance. World peace is a fantasy, utopias aren't real, and if they are, they are just sugar coated dystopias. And no, the primary motivations for space travel are resources and exploration, not because we are trying to run away from each other...

[@seeingeyegod]

I thought the boundary to space was usually considered higher than this.

[@buzaldrin8086]

The Fédération Aéronautique Internationale has established the Kármán line at an altitude of 100 km (62 mi) as a working definition for the boundary between aeronautics and astronautics. This is used because at an altitude of about 100 km (62 mi), as Theodore von Kármán calculated, a vehicle would have to travel faster than orbital velocity to derive sufficient aerodynamic lift from the atmosphere to support itself. The United States designates people who travel above an altitude of 50 mi (80 km) as astronauts.

[@seeingeyegod]

@@buzaldrin8086 yeah they didnt pass the Karman line

[@willyemannuelwilliams8914]

They themselves have no idea 💡😂

[@j.louisrodriguez2025]

What i find interesting is how they were not able to show a live feed of them while in space, and soo we will have to wait for that...very interesting.

[@saladien9987]

Its extremely difficult to keep a connection and transfer high bitrate data at those speeds. Its already very impressive that the outside camera feed was so stable.

[@ChrisJones555.]

It's not really going to space is it!? I would want to have a least 1 orbit of the planet.

[@glitchmanshandle]

That's an extra fiddy million sir!

[@Luke-Norris]

True! One orbit of the planet would be the experience most people have in their mind. Get to experience microgravity for an hour or so, not a few minutes

[@seanwilliams480]

It’s not, but it’s pretty darn high. The SR-71 “only” flew at around 15 miles high (it’s gone up to 17 miles high), so this is a pretty big step up. One big difference was a flight on the SR-71 could cruise at Mach 3 for an hour, while Branson’s plane only lasts a few seconds at that speed. It serves a totally different purpose of course. One is for fast reconnaissance while the other is for giving rich people rides 50 miles up for $250,000 each.

[@ChrisJones555.]

@@seanwilliams480 also the SR71 Used jet engines not rockets also it didn't need a lift to 35,000 feet

[@ChrisJones555.]

@@Luke-Norris Exactly 💯% right I couldn't agree more.

[@19shiju83]

Mr. Santhosh George form Kerala is also travel to space with Virgin in next team. He is the only Indian 🇮🇳🇮🇳to travel space with Virgin. He is the director of SAFARI TV. He is a world traveller...

[@kumnc4518]

Haha today indian origin telugy girl went to space in the above video

[@Manideep-fb9wo]

@Shiju Mathew Forget about that Malayali, BTW today a Telugu origin girl had her fantabulous space voyage.

[@JohnMitch]

Truly a successful space flight is one that does at least a single earth orbit. What use is a space mission that last just a couple of minutes?

[@Vibethelife]

That doesn’t look like they’ve got to space that looks like a jet in the sky that maybe is a little bit higher than a normal aircraft gliding along not upwards (Never believe mainstream media)

[@michaelclarke4629]

You are correct 52.5 miles above sea level is not space. He needs to pass 62 miles above aee level to make it into space

[@I_dont_want_an_at]

I'm glad you haven't been deceived

[@I_dont_want_an_at]

everyone has their own personal definition of where space begins. Personally I think it's everywhere

[@dachba213]

I personally believe space isn't real

[@AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHH]

One giant leap for man one small step for mankind

[@rodrozil6544]

Meaningless quote

[@chrisoakley5830]

This was not like the moon landing, not even close.

[@steiff-art]

Meaningless step for mankind... Egocentric billionaires' dream... Disgusting

[@Bryan-or2wf]

One giant leap for a man, one step back for mankind.

[@Peacebro121]

Humans have never been to the moon it was a load of crap 💩

[@BM_Holdings]

Seeing that initial release with the Virgin label showing was pretty cool. The audio..not so much.

[@TallSomeone]

Maybe the peek at the emptiness above and the beauty below will inspire wealthy passengers to invest in our true home, Earth.

[@HC_Agency]

Found it odd that they didn't wear the proper suits and enclosed helmets at 200,000 plus feet for safety margins. interesting.

[@sim6057138]

It's all fake

[@shonuff778]

@@sim6057138 absolutely

[@cheifofmyvessel3841]

Bad acting 🤦‍♂️

[@docholliday9382]

You don't need one in that, but nice try hater

[@lagosz1]

How did the Apollo 11 crew have a more consistent audio and video feed from the surface of the moon in 1969 than a flight only 50 miles high in 2021?

[@pickupwhereyouleft7647]

Waiting for another sancharam episode from SGK Edit: happy to see all the malayalees....

[@anish4936]

In 2022 we will see

[@adithyabiju720]

Yes...very excited for that🙏🙏

[@Luisvcesar27]

85km altitude is it going to space? SpaceX must be laughing so hard right now.

[@soarindragon603]

I think 85k feet not meters. Divide by 3.

[@chrisoakley5830]

I bet if the astronauts who first went to the moon were still around they'd think this was hilarious. This was no more than a glorified plane ride. They did nothing.

[@soarindragon603]

I think Elon was in diapers when Branson started working on this. At a snail's pace. They should have accomplished this in one year!

[@abruptrope8907]

@@chrisoakley5830 Lmao, you guys don't even know what you're talking about.

[@rubylaser8601]

They are designed for different purposes. This is for space tourism like people going to amusement park to ride roller coasters.

[@mariegrace_lopez_ishihara777]

Congratulations sir brandon & to all the team.

[@sethseymour2917]

If Elon Musk wasn't giving us StarTrek, this would be interesting.

[@robertcartier5088]

"Star Trek", eh?! ...I only need one word to counter that rather bold claim: Hyperloop LOL

[@rajkumar8209]

Incredible experience watching this. Congratulations.

[@Ali80076]

Elon Musk the ultimate con man. in 2 yearswe will have the electric semi, nope. Solar tiles in 1 year. nope. Hyperloop in 3 years. nope. Mars in 2021. nope

[@Civilized-Joke]

More like Blade Runner if you ask me.

[@thesurvivalist.]

Lol!

[@iproximate]

As a Jamaican 🇯🇲 who burn weed this unit 22 is way higher than my herbs 🌿

[@Holuunderbeere]

Jamaican space force will soon emerge and be the highest

[@biomorphic]

Loser.

[@Mente_Universal]

Star like a Caribbean man a waaa the backside you a talk about... THIS RASS IS PURE BS FANTASY . HOAX LIES JUST CGI . THE PLANET IS FLAT NO A BALL.

[@christophernogowski7238]

Congratulations Sir Richard and crew Godspeed. 🪐

[@leehenderson8486]

He was still 50,000 feet away from making it to “Space” js close but almost 10 miles away from it tho

[@ryanparsons1255]

Can Virgin Galactic stock do a "gamma turn" on Monday???

[@benzoh28]

😂

[@CraigDavies.]

Any links titles of videos will do, to full length footage inside and out of this. In a age where everyone is vlogng/live streaming for hours I can't find any of this.

[@soundproofingexpert]

Congratulations Richard! Well done to you and everyone who participated to make this project reality!

[@marionmorrissey5646]

I’m sorry but we did this in the 50’s with the x-15. They just enlarged it and added 5 seats. A rocket plane to space and lands like a plane. How inventive.

[@lifeisgoodskt]

Silly. They told the public they did it in the 50s. Then they pretend went to space today. Billionaires and military agencies, keep believing them bub.

[@jamesreed4483]

Perhaps, but then it was way to complex for any government scientist to figure out.

[@lifeisgoodskt]

@@jamesreed4483 Not for the German scientists. We are above average and the Vril aircraft the Nazis made used a heavy mercury to create a magnetic field to fly. And gravity fake.

[@djminos2759]

Does anyone know if there's any investment in R&D so virgin can actually reach orbit? I feel this is a bit of a weakness as they will miss out on space hotel tourism.

[@EDM_2905]

This is INSANE!!! Love it! I can't imagine the g-force!

[@stevenshute7788]

It seems like an awfully expensive carnival ride. So much money for such a short ride.