following on from wishpig's thread-

http://uk.news.yahoo.com/itn/20080124/twl-branson-hails-year-of-the-spaceship-41f21e0.html

I'm sure there's a lot of people who don't particualrly like Richard Branson, but it's kind of amazing that you can go from selling a few records when you're young to establishing trips into space.