The Courier & Advertiser (Perth and Perthshire Edition)
Branson: I’ll be astronaut
Sir Richard Branson has revealed he is training to become an astronaut as he takes the fight to Amazon boss Jeff Bezos in the commercial space race.
The billionaire, who is attempting to get his space tourism company Virgin Galactic off the ground, said that he will be catapulted into space within months.
He said: “We’re talking about months – it’s close. There are exciting times ahead.”