Richard Branson, the billionaire founder of Virgin Galactic,
flew to space earlier this month, beating Amazon.com Inc's Jeff Bezos to the
final frontier. Branson announced the news about Whitesides during a party in
New Mexico on July 11, following his own spaceflight, the report said.
Lori Garver, a former deputy administrator of NASA was
present at the party and told CNBC that Branson said, "George will be
leading our next flight."
Branson, whose spaceflight marked a symbolic milestone for
the venture he started 17 years ago, touted the mission as a precursor to a new
era of space tourism.
Bezos, along with three others including the world's oldest
space traveler and astronaut, Wally Funk, flew into space just days later,
aboard his own space company Blue Origin's rocket.
Virgin Galactic did not immediately respond to a Reuters
request for comment. -Reuters
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