Jul 29, 2021 · Branson was the victor in the billionaire space race against Amazon founder Jeff Bezos on July 11 when he went to space with the launch of Virgin Galactic’s first full crewed flight, marking a new era of space tourism and cementing Branson’s place in history as the first person to ride into space aboard a rocket he helped fund. After years of planning, Branson boarded the VSS Unity, Virgin ...

Jul 15, 2021 · Branson rocketed into sub-orbital space nine days prior to Amazon founder Jeff Bezos and his aerospace manufacturer Blue Origin. He was released at an altitude of 53 miles, enjoying several ...

Jul 20, 2021 · Even though Jeff Bezos launched himself into space today, 'The Simpsons' already predicted that his competitor, Richard Branson, would take first place in the billionaire space race.

Jul 17, 2021 · On July 11, Branson, Virgin Galactic founder and entrepreneur, flew 85km (282,000ft or 53 miles) to the edge of space in the rocket-plane Unity that his company has been developing for 17 years. The billionaire's flight also marked the successful flight of a space-tourism craft, beating out rivals Jeff Bezos and Elon Musk in the process .

Jan 12, 2023 · Jeffrey Preston "Jeff" Bezos (born Jeffrey Preston Jorgensen; January 12, 1964) is an American entrepreneur, media proprietor, investor, and commercial astronaut, best known for being the founder of Amazon. He voiced himself in the …

Jul 16, 2021 · He took the trip in his Virgin Galactic rocket plane and reportedly became the first person to cross the final frontier in a ship built by his own company. Though the 70-year-old commercial astronaut made the announcement about his plan to travel to space earlier in July, it has been said ‘The Simpsons’ knew about it years ago. The episode ...

Jeffrey Preston Bezos Jorgensen (born January 12, 1964)[1] is an American business magnate, media proprietor, and investor. Bezos is the founder and executive chairman of Amazon. Prior to 2021 he was Amazon's CEO and president. With a net worth of about $200 billion as of August 2021, he is the richest person in the world according to both Forbes[2] and Bloomberg's Billionaires Index.[3][4 ...

Oct 30, 2023 · My guess is the Simpsons writers went, “Hey, who’s annoying or low-hanging fruit right now” and decided Lee should go in there. In hindsight, it was an extremely poor choice. ... Now I think they'd take the time to say it's Jeff Bezos' rocket or Richard Branson, I don't think they've made fun of Branson for ages ...

Jul 15, 2021 · The Simpsons is well known for its uncanny ability to predict the future in the plots of its past episodes. But now fans of the hit Fox animated sitcom have discovered that the show seemingly managed to foretell Virgin founder Richard Branson's recent foray into space.. The scene in question comes from the season 25 episode The Art of War, which aired back in 2014.

Aug 9, 2024 · Jeff Bezos was seen on a satellite with Richard Branson when Augustus Redfield went up to it. Jeff Bezos was among the rich friends of Mr. Burns who Burns brought into Persephone Odair's fold. Bezos also joined the board of directors for LifeBoat. Mr. Burns decided to call Jeff Bezos and Elon Musk to reclaim his title of the world's most self ...