Commercial space travel is something that Elon Musk, Richard Branson and Jeff Bezos are all promising us is going to occur pretty soon, but I don’t think any of us thought that this would be happening in the next few months, let alone the next five months.

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This is apparently the timeframe that Branson is aiming for though with Virgin Galactic. He revealed this information at a conference in Washington DC where he said the following:

My wish is to go up on the 50th anniversary of the moon landing, that’s what we’re working on.

I’m aiming to have the body of a 30 year old when I got up – I’ve been training hard.

I suppose it’s pretty swell when you have loads of other people working for you so you can just concentrate on being swole hey? Yeah I know the guy has earned it, but still – kinda rankles a bit.

Anyway, in all seriousness, the 50th anniversary of the moon landing – assuming it even happened – is July 20th this year so Branson has got five months to make it happen. Really hope he does because I literally can’t wait to see that happen. The future is now.

For more of the same, check him out kite surfing with a naked girl on his back. Bastard.