Virgin Galactic In Space For The First Time

a letter to my grandchildren my dad your great granddad was an extraordinary man full of wise words he would often remind me that life is wonderful and is that simple truth which has driven me as I built businesses raised my family and a barked upon by many adventures you are at the very start of life it is an incredible gift and it is there for the taking it will deliver highs and lows but by living it to the full by always trying to do the right thing by keeping a childlike sense of adventure it will indeed be wonderful I used to think of space as a destination but I now realize it's a journey with some amazing milestones along the way your lives will be transformed by space and it will give your generation the planetary perspective on which the future of humanity rests that we're all in this together fellow travelers on Spaceship Earth [Music] today we passed those significant as our beautiful BSS unity along with the hopes and dreams of so many became the first spaceship built for regular passenger service to put humans into space [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] [Applause] 30 seconds for control [Music] fifty-five seconds 59 seconds [Applause] 364,000 feet [Music] [Applause] [Music] you is variable [Music] check that out with UC Mexico [Music] Bishop unity welcome to faith Jaffe bass million-dollar view [Music] at City Virgin Galactic has shown that when you set off on challenging but important adventures exceptional people come forward to join the journey people who are consistently by your side and on your side people who share your dreams and people who help make them reality [Music] complete [Music] as I watched unity and her brave pilots saw upwards into space today my vision blurred by tears I could hear your great granddad whisper once again in my ear life is indeed wonderful you

Channel: Virgin Galactic

Views: 1,696,365

Rating: 4.8793759 out of 5

Keywords: spaceflight, space, richardbranson, zerog, astronaut, spaceshiptwo, spaceship unity, vss unity, virgin galactic, virgin

Id: h8T9mVkGh3s

Length: 5min 12sec (312 seconds)

Published: Mon Dec 17 2018

Reddit Comments

[u/ashleycawley]

I greatly desire to go to space & look back on Earth if only for a brief few minutes, I’m confident it would be a life-changing experience, you’d have to be emotionless not to find it awe-inspiring.

What’s quite exciting is that I live just a mile or two from an Airport in the UK that Virgin will one day be flying to space from! To think it may actually be a possibility to visit space as a common-man in the next 10-15 years is phenomenal.

[u/4G63T2JZ]

I don’t get it, I thought the Karman line was 100km

[u/TheTearsofBubbles]

SpaceX, Virgin Galactic, Blue Origin. I don't care which company will take me to space, but I know that I want to go even if just for a few minutes. I want to see my Home, my planet.

[u/Baelgul]

They actually made it to space before the end of the year? Fantastic that they met their goals this time around! Now it just needs to become more affordable...

[u/NotificationsOff]

Great video. The music, the reactions.. everything about it. Gave me the chills.

[u/IHateDuplicatePosts]

Duplicate Post. I am not a fan of your actions.

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[u/DrColdReality]

If, by "in space," you mean somewhat below the Kármán line, where general agreement puts the start of space, and by "for the first time," you mean "since 2004, when SpaceShipOne DID cross the Kármán line," then sure....

People have the memory span of a slow goldfish.

[u/Louisthegoose]

This is wonderful. All the better for the people, not governments in a race, that are taking us to space. The future is coming slower than expected, but it's coming and with giant leaps. This is the perfect antidote to the misery we see on the news each day.

[u/kal_alfa]

Branson is starting to resemble Immortan Joe.

"Do not, my friends, become addicted to space travel! It will take hold of you, and you will resent its absence!"