I thought about this little, bald man some more yesterday. He was trying to get money from Congress to fund his space shit, and people get mad because of course they do. So he says he wants to go to space all of a sudden on "his" rocket, now everyone starts talking about this fucker going into space, and then a lot of people previously against giving him money now wanted him to attempt it for the possible explosion lols. He could have bought a permanent lifetime seat on a Soyuz and never notice the costs.

Then I remembered his Amazon HQ2 bullshit, how he knew all along where he was going, and manipulated the media to get a better deal at those locations. That $250 Billion Sinophobia Bill yesterday gave Bezos $10 Billion for spaceflight. He got what he wanted, now I bet he can get some bullshit medical excuse that "won't allow space travel," or maybe he actually does do it. I don't know. All I know is he got what he wanted, and that was probably the point all along.

Guide Rules for the Rich #1: Never spend your own money, when you can take someone else's.

As for Branson, I think he's just an extremely dumb, rich guy that actually would hop on an experimental rocket to beat Bezos, but since he uses Virgin Galactic as a Ponzi scheme to scam other rich people, he might be trying to pump up its value and sell it before he gets sent to the underground, sacrificial chambers.