It’s official, the first person to go to space in a craft they funded themselves is Richard Branson.
Jeff Bezos probably isn’t celebrating, but people around the world watch the livestream of the historic flight.
While we are celebrating the accomplishments of the Virgin Galactic and Sir Richard Branson, another story hit the news about space. Just not as celebrated.
In a recent Bloomberg article, a Pentagon official said that China looks to building up their offensive weaponry for space.
China is making long-term investments in weapons designed to jam or destroy satellites as the nation seeks to rapidly narrow the gap in space technology with the U.S., according to the top intelligence official for the Pentagon’s Indo-Pacific command. https://t.co/Wj1lan9DX6
— Josh Caplan (@joshdcaplan) July 10, 2021
Some of the greatest minds in space technology in America are trying to figure out how to send tourists into space.
Meanwhile… The Chinese are looking to control the “final frontier.”