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Richard Branson Says He Isn’t Trying to Beat Jeff Bezos Into Space. There Are 54 Reasons We Should Believe Him



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Some time after 9 a.m. EDT this Sunday, if all goes according to plan Richard Branson will blast off into space. Beating Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, whose Blue Origin flight is scheduled for July 20, by nine days.Which, according to my pal Sir Richard, is just a coincidence. “I know nobody will believe me when I say it, but honestly, there isn’t (competition),” Branson says. But then again, maybe not. For 54 years, the 70 year-old Branson has sought to be “first,” if not in fact, then certainly in perception. He started a magazine when he was 16. A mail order record business …

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