Richard Branson Had Only Lovely Things To Say After Meeting Crown Prince MBS In California
Billonaire Richard Branson, owner of Virgin Galactic and Virgin Atlantic met with Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince on Monday.
Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman met with Branson and reviewed Galactic’s overall technological developments, a plan to launch the first spacecraft to monitor the Earth AND a possible hyperloop agreement.
Richard Branson then took to Twitter to say the loveliest things about Prince Salman
Meeting the Crown Prince
Wonderful hosting Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince His Royal Highness Mohammad bin Salman Al-Saud in Mojave and showing him our exciting progress with our space companies and @Virgin @HyperloopOne https://t.co/2esIBxMgRq @Virgin_Orbit @VirginGalactic pic.twitter.com/Gn9dFiQeVg
— Richard Branson (@richardbranson) April 3, 2018
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It’s a really exciting time at Virgin’s space companies – and topped off by a visit from Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince https://t.co/2esIBxMgRq pic.twitter.com/Igr5wNhw0k
— Richard Branson (@richardbranson) April 3, 2018
Taking a tour
I showed the Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia around @VirginGalactic, @Virgin_Orbit and @Virgin @HyperloopOne and revealed one or two secret projects… https://t.co/2esIBxMgRq pic.twitter.com/kaNiT9pKhR
— Richard Branson (@richardbranson) April 3, 2018
2030’s Hyperloop pod
The hyperloop pod was also revealed to the Prince with the Saudi flag painted on it at the Mojave test site in the desert during his visit.
A trip from the Riyadh to Jeddah in Saudi Arabia would have taken you almost 10 hours but with the newly revealed transportation machine, the duration has been reduced to 76 minutes.
I couldn’t be prouder of the innovation happening across @Virgin @HyperloopOne and our space companies @VirginGalactic @Virgin_Orbit @TheSpaceshipCo https://t.co/2esIBxMgRq pic.twitter.com/RBjOIxK5Xm
— Richard Branson (@richardbranson) April 3, 2018
The Crown Prince also discussed any future opportunities between the two parties in line with the Kingdom’s 2030 vision
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