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		</div><p>Virgin Galactic’s first fully crewed flight to the edge of space has been delayed due to the weather.</p>
<p>Billionaire businessman Richard Branson, the company’s owner, is due to test the “private astronaut experience” on Sunday.</p>
<p>Launch preparations have been pushed back by 90 minutes due to weather overnight at Spaceport America.</p>
<p>The launch time from New Mexico is now set for 3.30pm BST.</p>
<p>Mr Branson will become the first owner-astronaut to take part in a mission, beating Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, who plans to reach space in his own rocket through his Blue Origin company.</p>
<p>Tourists are expected to pay 250,000 US dollars (€210,490) for a space flight on Virgin Galactic, which includes four minutes of zero gravity.</p>
<p>The Sunday Times newspaper reported that Elon Musk – who owns rival exploration company SpaceX – has paid for a seat on a future Virgin voyage.</p>
<p>Mr Musk paid a 10,000-dollar deposit to reserve a seat but no date for his flight has been specified.</p>
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<p>Mr Branson confirmed the purchase in an interview with the newspaper, saying he might reciprocate by booking a ticket on a SpaceX flight in the future.</p>
<p>“Elon’s a friend and maybe I’ll travel on one of his ships one day,” he said.</p>
<p>Amid what has been dubbed the billionaires’ space race, SpaceX has launched dozens of rockets, including manned flights, but Mr Musk himself has not yet flown on any.</p>
<p>The company is due to launch its first fully private space flight in the autumn.</p>
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