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Billionaire Blastoff: Rich riding own rockets into space
08/07/2021 11:46 PM | Click to read full article
Two billionaires are putting everything on the line this month to ride their own rockets into space.
The lucrative, high-stakes chase for space tourists will unfold on the fringes of space — 55 miles to 66 miles (88 kilometers to 106 kilometers) up, pitting Virgin Galactic’s Richard Branson against the world’s richest man, Blue Origin’s Jeff Bezos.
