Branson Goes 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea

He reminds me of those "rich financier" or indulging explorers that go along for the ride sorta thing in books. But, like in all the stories/novels sooner or later it all comes tumbling down, which makes a great novel, but in the real world, you pay the piper. So far, he's been pretty lucky, remember his attempts to go around the world in balloon, more than once.

As for private space travel, we're still a long way's off. Just look at early travel aviation and what it is now, they are completely different and the early traveler did take a chance. private space travel hasn't even got to that point yet, its still too infant, more daring than anything else. Until, it becomes as dull as making one's bed, will it be real safe(r). Maybe, the use of the Urkaine??? alien spaceport would be a possible port of re-entry from the Az. spaceport? Anyways, I wonder what the blackbox will have to survive a real crash from high above will look like.(that's me). -----Willy

20,000 leagues is 2.5 times the entire radius of the earth. He'd pass through and fly out into space on the other side.