5 photos of Richard Branson with his hands in the air
Is British billionaire Richard Branson the greatest PR virtuoso since P. T. Barnum? We can't think of a better candidate. The Virgin emperor, already planning on taking passengers to suborbital space, unveiled yesterday a side mission for the two-stage, liquid-fueled rocket called LauncherOne. When not helping fly people to space, it will serve as an aerial platform for launching small satellites.
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