 Billionaire entrepreneur Richard Branson would travel to the edge of the marathon, the Virgin Galactic Holdings Incorporated Flight, on July 11, beating out fellow aspiring billionaire astronaut Jeff Bezos. A successful flight by Branson aboard Virgin's VSS Unity Spaceplane would mark a key milestone in a race to usher in a new era of private commercial space travel. It would also mean that Branson would travel beyond Earth's atmosphere ahead of Bezos, the founder of rival space stories and venture Blue Origin. Bezos, who founded retail giant Amazon, is slated to fly to space on July 20 along with his brother Mark, trailblazing female pilot Wally Funk and so far unidentified person who plonked down $28 million to join the joyride. Last month, Branson was considering a show still in mission just days ahead of Bezos' planned trip. This is Blue Moon. We've been working on this lander for three years. It's a very large lander. It's time to go back to the moon this time to stay.