維珍創(chuàng)始人將搭自家火箭進(jìn)太空

Richard Branson will be one of the first to ride on his company's Space Ship Two vehicle.

維珍銀河公司創(chuàng)始人理查德·布蘭森將成為其公司“太空船2號(hào)”航天器的首批乘客中的一位。

Branson says he will take first trip into space soon.

布蘭森表示，不久即將開啟他的首次太空之旅。

"We're talking about months away, not years away – so it's close. There are exciting times ahead," he said in a program.

他在一個(gè)節(jié)目中說道：“我們指的是未來幾個(gè)月，而不是幾年。所以，很快就要到了，興奮的時(shí)刻即將到來。”

He said the astronaut training was going well so far, and he has increased his fitness by playing tennis four times a day.

布蘭森表示，目前他的宇航員訓(xùn)練進(jìn)展順利，自己現(xiàn)在每天打四次網(wǎng)球以提高體能。

The 67-year-old multi-millionaire has been investing in commercial space travel since 2004, when he founded space tourism company Virgin Galactic.

這位67歲的億萬富翁自2004年以來就一直在投資商業(yè)太空旅行，建立了太空旅行公司維珍銀河公司。

Branson, SpaceX founder Elon Musk and Amazon founder Jeff Bezos are now in a race to get fare-paying passengers into space.

布蘭森、SpaceX創(chuàng)始人埃隆·馬斯克還有亞馬遜創(chuàng)始人杰夫·貝索斯，目前正在將付費(fèi)的旅客送入太空上展開競爭。

"Ultimately, we have to do it safely. It's more a race with ourselves to make sure we have the craft that are safe to put people up there," Branson said.

布蘭森稱：“最終，我們必須要確保安全。這更像我們在與自己賽跑，確保能制造出足夠安全的載人航天器將人們送入太空。”