SPACE
TOURISM BAT ALL OF THE
BILLIONAIRE'S VIRGIN GALACTIC
ANNOUNCING FOUNDER SIR RICHARD
BRANSON IS HEADED TO SPACE.
>> 9 DAYS AHEAD
OF AD.
>> AMAZON FOUNDER JEFF BEZOS
JOINING US NOW JOEY ROULETTE
JOE JOEY IS A SPACE REPORTER AT
THE VERGE WELCOME TO THE SHOW.
>> WHAT'S THE SIGNIFICANCE HERE
JOEY OF BRANSON GOING TO SPACE
BEFORE BASIS.
>> RIGHT SO A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE
ASKING
THAT QUESTION RIGHT NOW AND I
THINK WHAT GETS A LOT OF PEOPLE
EXCITED IS THAT YOU KNOW HAVING
THESE BILLIONAIRES AND THE CEO
IS ACTUALLY.
>> FLYING THEIR OWN CAPSULES
AND VEHICLES AS IS MEANT TO
KIND OF PROVE YOU LITERALLY
HAVE IT READY LIKE I MEAN IF IF
THESE BILLIONAIRES CAN FLY AND
YOU KNOW IT MIGHT BE SAFE FOR
ANYBODY ELSE TO
FLY TO. SO IT'S REALLY KIND OF
A BIG MOMENT FOR EACH COMPANIES
AND
I THINK THERE'S A LITTLE BIT OF
AN EGO RACE HERE BRANSON
WANTING TO COME BEFORE, YOU
KNOW ONLY
ANNOUNCING IT. AFTER BUSINESS
IN SPACE FROM BLUE ORIGIN
ANNOUNCED THEY'RE SEEING FOR
JULY 20TH. YES, SO THERE IS A
MIXTURE OF A KIND PERSON
SATISFIED ACTION EGO FULFILLING
THEIR OWN DREAMS TO GO TO SPACE
AND ALSO PRETTY BIG GUY A
BUSINESS REASON TO.
>> WELL LET'S TALK ABOUT THAT
DO YOU THINK THIS IS A
STRATEGIC MOVE ON PART OF
VIRGIN GALACTIC.
>> YOU KNOW IT IT GRANTS
AND HAS SAID THE THE DECISION
WAS NOT DESIGNED TO TO JUST
TO BE. JEFF PESOS SITTING IN
THIS KIND OPTICS COMPETITION
AND THAT HE ACTUALLY IS GOING
ON THE FLIGHT
TO TEST. THE ASTRONAUT
EXPERIENCE HE'S NEARING 71
YEARS
OLD SO. I WAS ONE OF HIS YOU
KNOW NATURE HE'S INACTIVE AND
ACTIVE GUY OF COURSE, HE'S
GOING TO TO REALLY PROVE THAT
IT'S A IT WILL BE A GOOD
EXPERIENCE FOR CUSTOMERS WHO
COME AFTER HIM SO THERE IS
THAT STRATEGY. AND LIKE YOU
KNOW, LIKE I SAID IT'S IT'S A
IT'S A GOOD KIND OF A STAMP OF
APPROVAL FROM THE SYSTEM
OVERALL TO.
>> THE IMPACT ON EACH BUSINESS
AND SPACE TOURISM OVERALL IF
THESE FLIGHTS 60 THEN
THE WORLD MEAN YOU WATCH THESE
BILLIONAIRES GOING TO SPACE
SAFELY.
>> YEAH WELL IF THESE PLATES
SUCCEEDED WILL OBVIOUSLY BE
A PRETTY BIG MOMENT FOR FOR
EACH COMPANY EMI AND BLUE
ORIGIN HAS NOT FOUND ANYBODY
YET TO TO TO THE EDGE OF SPACE.
AND THIS IS THEIR BIG JULY 20TH
FLIGHT WILL
BE THERE FIRST SO THAT THAT
WILL BE A PRETTY BIG BIG MONEY
FOR
THE COMPANY. HOPEFULLY THEY'LL
ANNOUNCE THEIR TICKET PRICES
AFTERWARDS, WE HAVEN'T REALLY
HEARD MUCH ON THAT YET.
AND THEN OF COURSE FOR BY
RICHARD BRANSON'S VIRGIN
GALACTIC THAT WILL BE A
SIMILARLY GOOD MOMENT, TOO
BECAUSE. THEY'RE NEARING
COMMERCIAL SERVICE I THINK
THEIR FIRST REVENUE GENERATING
MISSION COMES LATER THIS YEAR.
THEY HAVE 2 MORE FLIGHT
AFTER THIS. I MEAN BUT OF
COURSE IF BRANSON'S ABLE TO
FIGHT SUCCESSFULLY THAT'S
ANOTHER STAMP OF APPROVAL FOR
THEIR VSS UNITY
FOR SURE.
>> ON THE OTHER SIDE, WHAT IF
THERE IS SOME SORT OF LAST
MINUTE CANCELLATION OR ERROR.
>> YEAH WELL I THINK FOR FOR
VIRGIN GALACTIC TO 6 MAYBE A
LITTLE BIT HIGHER SEAS THERE
THE PUBLIC COMPANY IN THIS SO
THEIR STOCK PRICES MOVE A LOT
WHEN WHEN SOMETHING
GETS ANNOUNCED. SO THAT MIGHT
BE WHAT'S GOING FOR AS FAR AS
WE WERE DONE THEY'VE TAKEN
A VERY SLOW APPROACH
METHODOLOGY TO THIS FOCUSING ON
SAFE. THE I MEAN JUST LIKE
VIRGIN GALACTIC AS WELL BUT BUT
GORGING ON GREENS THAT INTO
THEIR IDENTITY
AND SO IF THEY DO DELAY THE
ONLY COST WOULD BE NOT HITTING
THAT JULY 20 DAY WHICH IS THE
ANNIVERSARY OF.
IT'S JUST A YOU KNOW
ANNIVERSARY AND SPACE SO I
THINK YOU KNOW IT BE
A LITTLE HER LITTLE LESS FOR
BLUE ORIGIN HER LITTLE BIT MORE
FOR VIRGIN GALACTIC SAYS THEY
ARE A PUBLIC COMPANY.
>> LET'S TALK ABOUT BILLIONAIRE
ELON MUSK DO YOU THINK HE COULD
JUMP IN THE FRAY. SOON JERRY.
>> SO COULD HE I THINK HE CAN
AND WILL HE I DON'T NECESSARILY
THINK YOU WILL THE ONLY KIND OF
INDICATION. HE'S
HE'S GOOD US TO YOU KNOW TO LET
US KNOW THAT HE'S ACTUALLY PAY
ATTENTION TO ANY OF US RIGHT
NOW IS IT WASN'T A TWEET THE
OTHER DAY I THINK HE WE
SOMEBODY ASKED HIM IF HE WOULD
DO THAT AND HE WAS LIKE A KNIFE
IN
DO SOMETHING SO I DON'T KNOW IF
HE'S VERY INTERESTED OR IF HE'S
IF HE'S TRYING TO GO UP ON HIS
OWN SPACECRAFT OF
COURSE HIS SPACE
IDEA FOR SPACE TOURISM IS A
LITTLE DIFFERENT APPROACH STATE
ACTUALLY GO UP IN ORBIT FOR A
NUMBER OF DAYS WHEREAS THESE
ARE SOME WORLD TRIPS FOR IT
A FEW MINUTES AND IN THE
WEIGHTLESSNESS THE BY BIKE OR
GRAVITY. SO I'M SURE YOU DON'T
WANT TO GO UP, BUT IT'S NOT
REALLY SOMETHING TO TALK ABOUT
RIGHT NOW IS THERE A CHANCE
THESE FLIGHTS WILL HAPPEN.
>> JOEY.
OF COURSE, YEAH YEAHS WITH TIME
ANY
KIND OF ROCKET PROGRAM THERE
ARE DELAYS ARE ARE NOT
I THINK WITH VIRGIN GALACTIC OF
COURSE THEIR FLIGHT IS SUBJECT
TO CHECK AND WHETHER OF COURSE
WEATHER PERMITTING. IT COULD
DELAY BY A FEW DAYS AND THEN ON
THE BLUE ORIGIN SIDE, SAME SAME
GOES FOR THEM FOR NEW SHOW
HEARD, BUT ALSO GORDON HAS YET
TO RECEIVE
THEIR EFFORT. SPACEFLIGHT
PARTICIPANT LICENSE SO THAT
THAT'S COMING SOON BUT THEY
DON'T HAVE THAT YET REFLECTED
VIRGIN GALACTIC DOES SO I THINK
IT HAPPENED REALLY ANYTHING