Technology Space Race Winner: 6 Fun Facts About Richard Branson’s Space Flight 2 years agoby admin15,120 Views 2. Branson and Bezos have been competing to design, test and launch suborbital shuttles for wealthy thrill seekers for nearly twenty years. Virgin Galactic has been developing the SpaceShipTwo that Branson flew into space for over a decade. Page 2 of 5 Prev Next