Saudi Arabia has announced that they’ll donate $1 billion to Richard Branson‘s space travel companies, which include Virgin Galactic.
Prince Mohammed bin Salman released a statement about wanted to invest as an effort to “enhance the role of innovative technology within the Kingdom’s blueprint for a modern, diversified economy.”
Richard has expressed his desire to have commercial space flights on Virgin Galactic as early as this year. The money from Saudi Arabia will “accelerate our programme for trans-continental point-to-point space travel.”
Richard is considering the possibility of building a couple hotels in Saudi Arabia, as well as “the possibility to develop a space-centric entertainment industry in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.”
