19 favourite things people said about Richard Branson going into near space
Just in case you missed it, Richard Branson was even more pleased with himself than usual this week when he blasted into ‘near space’.
The billionaire Virgin founder travelled 53 miles above the Earth in his Virgin Galactic rocket plane.
Here he is in action (mind you don’t get space sick).
“To all you kids down there…” – @RichardBranson‘s message from zero gravity. #Unity22
Watch the livestream: https://t.co/5UalYT7Hjb pic.twitter.com/lYXHNsDQcU
— Virgin Galactic (@virgingalactic) July 11, 2021
And it prompted no end of comment as you might imagine. Here are our 13 favourites to send you into orbit.
1.
I think my favourite thing this week has been Richard Branson going into space and absolutely nobody giving a shit.
— David Whitley (@mrdavidwhitley) July 13, 2021
2.
Congratulations to Richard Branson for being a passenger in a plane that went very high up in the sky for a minute and a half!
— Bess Kalb (@bessbell) July 12, 2021
3.
Branson last year: Yeah, listen I need a couple of billion for my airline cause I'm skint
Branson now: I'm off to space in my rocket ship.
See you later, ya bunch of dicks!— joe heenan (@joeheenan) July 12, 2021
4.
Hi everyone, some personal news, I’ve recently adopted the opinion that space only starts 100km up at the Kármán line specifically because it means Richard Branson didn’t go to space, but instead merely took an expensive ride in a special plane. Thank you
— Ryan North (@ryanqnorth) July 12, 2021
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Hey twitter. before you get mad at Richard Branson (never any nuance on this hell site) remember he was traveling because he was visiting his sick mother who actually lives in space
— Jeremy (@jeremylevick) July 12, 2021
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Billionaire thinks he's gonna make an intergalactic utopia that's accessible to everyone? The same one whose train prices make it hard for folks to go to Liverpool? https://t.co/fffx5tSr06
— Yoh Asakura Stan Account (@SamethyTheThird) July 12, 2021
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https://twitter.com/chrisgreybrexit/status/1414275842318995456?s=20
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What would be really impressive is if Richard Branson was the first Billionaire to go where no Billionaire has gone before – the Tax Office https://t.co/JONGZc8vmu
— nazir afzal (@nazirafzal) July 11, 2021
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Congrats to @richardbranson on going to almost-space in a plane, thus adding to the long list of billionaire “achievements” that are really just mediocre versions of much cooler things we already did decades ago through collective endeavor financed by taxes.
— Dan Riffle (@DanRiffle) July 11, 2021
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He's reached maximum twat. pic.twitter.com/xIYiVDOOMa
— Adrian Edmondson ❎ (@AdrianEdmondson) July 12, 2021