Virgin Takes Off Into Space

 I mean, the company Virgin Galactic, and its enthusiastic founder Richard Branson, of course. His enthusiasm and sense of drama are unmatched by any CEO or founder in my memory. They called it Elan at one time, I think.

Anyway, he made it to a sub-orbital level in a test flight, meant to be a curtain-raiser to many commercial flights, with a few hundred passengers already signed up for a dekko at earth from up there.

Some snapshots from the live streaming and the CNN coverage. 











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