3. SPACE SHUTTLE
Space Shuttle Richard Branson
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Richard Branson is one of the most famous and respected billionaires on earth. He made his fortune thanks to the founding of Virgin Group, a multinational conglomerate of over 400 individual companies. The financial sphere of Branson’s activities includes many different items, one of which is transportation.
And in the first place is the airline Virgin Atlantic. People like to travel, and this is one of the main reasons for the existence of the aviation industry. Believe it or not, many are also interested in space, so Branson decided to combine these two things.
It took him about $ 200 million to build a fully functional ship capable of sending at least eight passengers to orbit. Branson believes that the construction of spacecraft like this will lead to the development of space tourism and scientific purposes, but it will not be so popular, as it will have to pay about $ 200,000 in just one ticket.