Sir Richard Branson, Mom Headed for Outer Space?
Billionaire
Sir Richard Branson even injures himself like a billionaire from a 'Batman' movie. The dashing Brit was sporting a blue sling over his black-tie outfit while hosting The Rock the Kasbah event benefiting Virgin Unite and the Eve Branson Foundation.
"I was pretending to be a teenager and I was on a quad bike going over the Pyrenees mountains and, well, I tipped it over," Branson tells
PopEater. "Actually the injury was a couple of years ago and I just had an operation to fix it."
After the jump, he talks about his new adventure: outer space.
The 59-year-old vows he will not stop with the teenage stunts. "I don't think that will be much fun."
In fact, next stop: space. On December 7, Virgin Galactic will unveil its spaceship "and hopefully in the next 12 months or so, we're going to take a trip into space. I'll be floating so no worry about bum limbs," he laughs.
As far as taking it easy, he shouldn't look to his mother,
Eve Branson. "I don't want him to slow down until I slow down," she says. Her next mission, going to space alongside her son...at age 88. "I hope to be going into space on the mother ship."
And will she bungee jump in space? "I suppose if it's possible, I would."
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Wednesday 28 October
By N2
I AM A PRIVATE DETECTIVE IN THE DETROIT AREA. I HAVE SEEN IT ALL OVER THE PAST 25 YEARS. BRANSON IS MY HERO. HE DOESNT ALLOW HIMSELF TO GROW OLD AND LIVES LIFE LIKE TOMORROW DOESNT EXIST. WE NEED MORE PEOPLE WITH HIS SENSE OF DISCOVERY.
I WOULD REALLY LIKE TO MEET HIM SOMEDAY.
NORM
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Wednesday 28 October
By healthnut
I had the pleasure to meet this very special person. He totally focused on what I was saying and didn't wander. I shall always remember him for that reason alone. Respect for fellow man..now that's a true quality!!
Wednesday 28 October
By bamanofmars
BRANSON IS THE MAN! I'M 52 AND FEEL THE SAME WAY. IF YOU NEED SOMEONE TO TAKE THAT RIDE WITH SIR RICHARD I'M YOUR MAN
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Wednesday 28 October
By Frank
It's amazing how AOL and the left-leaning types idolize this filthy rich jerk. You complain about "those evil Wall Street tycoons" but Branson, who has bilked much more from the public is ehld up in awe. How much has his childish escapades contributed to global warming? Couldn't his billions be better spent feeding the poor rather that wasted on his never-ending thrill seeking? Where are the liberals to bash his slf-centered, lavish lifestyle?
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Monday 07 December
By Lyn
FYI...
It feels like we may never hear the words "interest rates" again without also hearing the words "historic low"... well, unless we're talking about credits cards. So how long can this keep going on?For a while, in the opinion of this housing watcher.
Average mortgage rates tend to float a point or two higher than the yield on 10-year Treasury bonds. Why? Because Treasury bonds represent, to most large investors, the perfectly safe long-term investment. No investor seriously thinks the U.S. government is about to default - if they did they'd be investing in guns and canned food, not bonds. Fixed-rate home loans to strong borrowers are riskier, so the yield demanded by investors and the interest rates for borrowers is that much higher.
Treasury bond yields have been historically low all year, starting under 2.5 percent. If mortgage rates followed their normal pattern, average home loan interest rates would have been in the 3 percent range! But banks were starved for cash and terrified of foreclosures at the beginning of the year, and padded their interest rates.
Banks are now less panicked - even the image-challenged Bank of America is paying back it's TARP money - and mortgage rates have begun to follow Treasury yields once again. The yields have mostly stayed between 3.5 percent and 3 percent this fall, and average mortgage rates have been in the high 4 percent range. Until the next big surprise - a new foreclosure wave, a Fed rate hike - that's probably about where they'll stay
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