By Travelmail Reporter <\/p>\n
PUBLISHED: 11:08 EST, 9 March 2014 | UPDATED: 11:08 EST, 9 March 2014 <\/p>\n
Sir Richard Branson has revealed that the inspiration for his commercial space flight venture came during a phone-in on a children's TV show in the 1980s. <\/p>\n
The Virgin boss said he first had the idea for the ambitious project when a viewer suggested it on the BBC Saturday morning show Going Live in 1988.<\/p>\n
What's got into him? The businessman seemed to be having a laugh-a-minute on the show <\/p>\n
Mr Branson made his confession while being interviewed on Jonathan Ross ITV chat show. <\/p>\n
He said: You never know what sparks things off in your mind but as a result of that show we registered the name Virgin Galactic Airways. <\/p>\n
Over the next decade I started travelling around the world meeting technicians and engineers to see if we could find a genius who could build a spaceship that could take you and me into space. <\/p>\n
Sir Richard said the idea was the beginning of a whole new era of space travel and was the most ridiculously exciting thing that I've done in my lifetime. <\/p>\n
He said: 'People will become astronauts, theyll be able to experience zero gravity. Theyll be able to check the world is really round and theyll have the ride of a lifetime.' <\/p>\n
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