Marshall Auerback / Independent Media InstituteJul 18, 2019
Forget about multinationals moving their plants to Mexico or China. Workers could be replaced soon by robot-operated factories in orbit. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )
Chris Hedges and Mr. Fish / TruthdigApr 1, 2018
Don’t buy the oily declarations from the tech billionaires and others that they want to help you survive financially. What they want is to more fully stuff their own pockets. Dig deeper ( 8 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigOct 5, 2015
Told it would boost the local economy, the residents of an impoverished town in the New Mexico desert raised taxes on themselves to help billionaire Richard Branson launch wealthy tourists briefly into space. Now the lofty plan is on indefinite hold. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
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Alexander Reed Kelly / TruthdigNov 3, 2014
Experts say the company was warned about the potential instability of a new hybrid fuel that was used in the plane that broke up over the Mojave Desert Friday, killing the co-pilot. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigDec 8, 2009
As if his plan for global domination weren't enough, Virgin Group honcho Richard Branson is taking to space with his new commercial spacecraft, SpaceShipTwo, which will grant six paying customers at a time the experience of weightlessness for six minutes. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigMay 9, 2009
After nearly two weeks of subsisting only on liquids, actress Mia Farrow has ended her hunger strike for Darfur, passing the proverbial torch to another member of the Celebrity Darfur Fasting Network, British mega-mogul Richard Branson. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigJul 29, 2008
Sometime soon, thrill-seekers with the funds and the desire to plunk down $200K to experience four minutes of weightlessness more than 60 miles above the Earth will have the chance, thanks to Virgin CEO and astro-preneur Richard Branson. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
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