Virgin Galactic to give away 2 free seats for space flight

Virgin Galactic has announced it will give away two free seats on one of the company’s commercial flights to the edge of space.

Sir Richard Branson, the billionaire founder of Virgin Galactic, announced the giveaway after returning to Earth on Sunday from his own flight to space. “It’s an exciting, I think, opportunity for people around the world which has never existed before,” Branson said on stage from Spaceport America, the company’s launch hub in New Mexico, about 180 miles south of Albuquerque.