6 months until I'm in space aboard Virgin Galactic: Branson
British billionaire and Virgin Galactic founder Richard Branson has claimed, "We are hopefully about three months before we are in space, maybe six months before I'm in space". Founded in 2010, commercial spaceflight Virgin Galactic has a reported waitlist of 700 people including celebrities Brad Pitt, Katy Perry, and Ashton Kutcher with each ticket costing about $250,000 (over â¹1.62 crore).