http://www.coindesk.com/richard-branson-6-bitcoin-customers-confirmed-virgin-galactic-space-filght/
We now see, bitcoin is going nowhere, while only a few early adopters are flying to the moon.
This is the worst news here, don't you see what that means? Everyone who has bitcoins will fly to space, and wont be able to develop bitcoin protocol from space anymore! So any progress would be stopped. It is a trick by the dollar rich to kill bitcoin, by launching all bitcoin supporters on a one-way Mars flight! Also, all these bitcoins for space travel will be sodl at once to pay for rocket fuel and insurance; completely destroying prices, so this doubles the grave news. Sad day indeed. Recent jump in price confirms this further, this is an agony spike.
Possibly a recent conversation between him and -the totally unbiased- Mr. Dorsey led to this particular statement.
Either way, he's an awesome business builder.