All hail Sir Richard Branson!

Whenever you think the world’s getting just a bit boring, [Sir Richard Branson goes and does something funny, cool, clever and ballsy.](http://www.virgingalactic.com/)  Aside from the fact that that the URL looks like “Virging Alactic”, this is absolutely brilliant:

By the end of the decade, Virgin Galactic LLC – the most exciting development in the story of modern space history – is planning to make it possible for almost anyone to visit the final frontier at an affordable price.

This was made possible through SpaceShipOne, originally financed by Paul Allen, the only good thing to come out of Microsoft. It’s about time two of the world’s most interesting rich entrepreneurs got together.

Cool. Cool. Sir Richard, I shake your hand.