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Billionaire Space Race: Does it Matter?

Thom Patterson

Tuesday, October 05, 2021 at 02:22 PM ET

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Inspiration4 lifts off from Kennedy Space Center in Florida on September 15. Inspiration4

Key Takeaways:

Billionaires Jeff Bezos and Sir Richard Branson are on notice: The United Nations is not happy with their recent journeys to the edge of space.

Thom Patterson

Thom is a former senior editor for FLYING. Previously, his freelance reporting appeared in aviation industry magazines. Thom also spent three decades as a TV and digital journalist at CNN’s bureaus in Washington and Atlanta, eventually specializing in aviation. He has reported from air shows in Oshkosh, Farnborough and Paris. Follow Thom on Twitter @thompatterson.