One of the things I’ve learned over my years in business is that, once you have a great product, it is essential to protect its reputation with vigil… - Richard Branson

The second was that I could also clearly see a vision of the future and answer many people’s questions: why does space really matter; and why have you got involved in it? Many people seemed to think that Virgin Galactic was some kind of challenge, a personal plaything, albeit an enormously expensive one. The truth is that space is the future of mankind. Everybody, from Dr Tim Hansen at NASA’s Goddard Institute, who is one of the fathers of space science, right the way through to Professor Stephen Hawking, the father of modern physics, agrees that better access to space and the utilisation of space is going to be crucial to the reorientation of the world’s industries in coping with climate change.

the best motto to follow is ‘Nothing ventured; nothing gained’.

La improvisación es algo muy difícil. Yo lo hacía de la siguiente manera: una semana antes empezaba a prepararme, escribía la improvisación y me la aprendía de memoria”.