Sir Richard Branson is set to unveil a mock-up of the Virgin vehicle that will carry customers into space. picked by mrnelson 3 years ago

He is donating the money to helping the environment and finding sources other than coal and oil for energy. picked by musicgirldani 3 years ago

Sir Branson to be the first man to marry a couple in space picked by coldbladed 2 years ago

In the Mojave desert, Richard Branson today showed off for the first time the WhiteKnightTwo carrier aircraft that will launch his commercial space craft SpaceShipTwo.

More info a the official site Virgin Galactic

Obviously a complete coincidence that this coincides with NASA's 50th. picked by pocksucket 1 year ago

Amazing flight demo! I hope I live long enough to do something like this. Richard Branson (Virgin) is just the guy to do it too.

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(BBC news coverage posted by mrnelson) picked by ogri2003 2 years ago

Yet Paris Hilton gets just as much press for giving a homeless guy a hundred bucks. Read full story for latest details. picked by Wingnut 3 years ago

Bill Clinton raises a total of $7.3 billion in pledges to help reduce global warming and fight Third World poverty, disease and ethnic strife picked by xxxxxpp 3 years ago

Follow up to - picked by topofall 10 months ago

Follow up to willster's earlier post about Sir Richard Branson's space tourism endeavor.

dmmit I've fixed this themepic crop 2 times now.... picked by suebe 2 years ago

WWJD? Rev. Branson advises. Also possibly known as "CyberRev.com" picked by blurmore 2 years ago

This place Rocks! It is so Private you can't even see it on Google Earth, he arranged for the picture to be taken on a cloudy day! 23 Guests at $40 000 a Day and 50 staff at your disposal. Heaven on earth. Wish I could go... picked by stanlouw 3 years ago

Honda pulls out of F1, gets saved at the last moment with a new sponsor, Richard Branson sponsors them on Friday, and the 'newest' team on the track wins 1-2 in Melbourne. picked by Ankabout 8 months ago

Deaths are serious setback to Branson space plan. picked by hisidea 2 years ago

Of particular interest was how Leno, unwilling to go quietly off to Vegas or Branson to peddle corny jokes to the olds, grew disenchanted over time with the network's decision to appoint O'Brien as his successor in 2004, eventually forcing NBC head Jeff Zucker into offering him the nightly 10pm slot over fears that he might jump to ABC or FOX. picked by bornbad 6 months ago

Let's hope it doesn't behave like one and get all coy at the last minute! picked by Ziaphra 3 years ago

British tycoon Sir Richard Branson on Friday announced a $25 million prize for the scientist who comes up with a way of extracting greenhouse gases from the atmosphere. picked by escaflowne 3 years ago