. >> since billionaire tycoon richard branson founded virgin galactic in 2005 more than 600 people have placed deposits for the first commercial supersonic flights. they're scheduled to lift off in 2014. today dozens of companies are launching new commercial space ventures ranging from space tourism to mining the moon, fueled by the risk-taking start-up culture of silicon valley. bob richards is the c.e.o. of moon express, a start-up in mountain view. he and his team of young engineers are planning an unmanned mission to the moon at a cost of 50 to $100 million. >> so in getting to the moon like any business, it's really about balancing risk

>> reporter: richard branson says he could deliver the dream. >> we're going to inspire people to experience something that they would never have had the opportunity to experience. it's awesome. >> reporter: the carrier airplane would take the spacecraft up to 50,000 feet, then release it. that's when rockets kick in and you're jolted back in our feet hurtled to an altitude up above space. >> look out of the seat, just gently float around. zero gravity. look back at the earth. >> reporter: at least nine companies, several billionaires included are fighting for the same turf. but branson is confident virgin galactic service will start first. nbc universal has partnered to chronicle the leadup to the first launch. more than 600 people have already bought seats. a whole list of celebrities. like stephen hawking, leonardo dicaprio, justin bieber, and ashton kutcher. $250,000 for a two and a half hour ride. sir richard and his son sam will be on the first flight. >> did you have a choice? >> i hope i still do have a choice. >> reporter: do you have any dreams about going into space? >> i did, but

>> they're smart. >> leverage it a little bit. . >> thank you, julia. >>> richard branson making news why he's getting behind the alternative currency. back with richard in a moment. in a world that's changing faster than ever, we believe outshining the competition tomorrow requires challenging your business inside and out today. at cognizant, we help forward-looking companies run better and run different - to give your customers every reason to keep looking for you. so if you're ready to see opportunities and see them through, we say: let's get to work. because the future belongs to those who challenge the present. >>> welcome back to "squawk box." we're going to speak to virgin group founder richard branson in a minute. but in the meantime, let's get back to our guest host tom fanning, ceo of southern company. wecht talked about -- we haven't talked about obama care in a real way with you. we're talking about these other issues. but has it actually impacted your business in any way? >> well, it absolutely is impacting everybody's business, right? when you look at what's going on rig

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. >> reporter: richard branson, >> reporter: richard branson, elon, musk, and peter are all elon, musk, and peter are all investing heavily in space. investing heavily in space. viable? viable? >> so, listen, it's tough. >> so, listen, it's tough. there's no question. there's no question. it will be some day the place it will be some day the place where a lot of entrepreneurs, where a lot of entrepreneurs, like the made in space team can like the made in space team can do stuff. do stuff. price. price. >> reporter: the challenge is >> reporter: the challenge is that it takes a lot of capital that it takes a lot of capital and work to ever see a profit, and work to ever see a profit, but it's a tempting gamble, many but it's a tempting gamble, many believe believe the the first trillion first trillion air air will come from space. will come from space. but they are already generating but they are already generating revenue in the seven figures. revenue in the seven figures. >> our goal is to have a billion >> our goal is to have a billion dollars company within 10 years. dollars company

you had people like sir richard branson, and elon musk doing some youtube lessons.think, can entrepreneurship be taught? is that something people can be taught? >> entrepreneurship, create tivity, who knows if you can actually teach these things. i think some of this inate in a human being. if you go through your life never seeing examples, never seeing situations, oh that's possible. you know most students are not getting a chance to meet sir richard branson or elon musk. but if they see interviews, thoughtful questions how did they get started? what were they worried about? those people are human beings. they are not so different from me and think a little bigger and prepare myself intellectually and academically that is in the realm of possibility. liz: you have some big donors or investors i guess, what would you call it if it's a non-profit. >> it is donors. liz: bill and melinda gates, eric schmidt of google. these are super smart people that believe in in you. you need more money, right? >> as executive director of a not-for-profit i would be remiss. we're tr

so what you have started to see now is you've seen bill gates, president obama, jeffrey sacks, richard branson, paul allen, nathan, the world's leading climate scientists all saying we need nuclear energy. we can't bet the planet on solar which employs .1% and on wind which is totally dependent on federal subsidies. this is a very dangerous bet. >> this is ridiculous what he's saying. warren buffett says nuclear power is uneconomical. >> when they built fukushima and chernobyl, when they built three mile, they said it was a 1 in 10,000 odds that there would be a meltdown. now we've had three meltdowns in 35 years in three countries. would you take those odds to las vegas today? 1 in 10,000? >> first of all, i was 8 years old when three-mile accident happened so i don't feel like should be responsible for what happened when i was a baby. the good thing is it is studied really carefully by the international agency, the world health organization, articles in lancet. so ralph can speculate all you want. the science is clear about the safety of nuclear. you've had three serious accidents. coal, whe

. >> reporter: richard branson, elon, musk, and peter are all investing heavily in space.being a space entrepreneur viable? >> so, listen, it's tough. there's no question. it will be some day the place where a lot of entrepreneurs, like the made in space team can do stuff. today it's an expensive entry price. >> reporter: the challenge is that it takes a lot of capital and work to ever see a profit, but it's a tempting gamble, many believe the first trillionair will come from space. but they are already generating revenue in the seven figures. >> our goal is to have a billion dollars company within 10 years. we really think that's viable and possible. >> reporter: and they have big plans for their printer. from launching from space and completely changing how we collect energy on space. >> we'll collect the sun's energy in orbit, and transmit that energy wirelessly to the ground. >> reporter: i know it sounds pretty out there, but 3-d printing experts say they are on to something. >> the most expensive thing to do is launch mass into space. and they are solving for it. and

richard branson says you can buy tickets on virgin galactic with bitcoins. the difference is it is not backed by any government or central bank. it is backed by this online ledger. >> the idea, five years ago one bitcoin was worth nothing. now it is just over $1000. >> any commodity can rise in value if people want to buy it. the way they are produced means they are harder to produce each time. and there will only ever be a finite amount of them. people are chasing after them, so by definition value is rising. there are other crypto- currencies as well. value is rising. is there a chance they could devalue? >> like any commodity where there is a bubble, if you like. it is the same kind of thing. talking up something. when the bottom falls out of the market, it could happen any time . some, andid buy unfortunately he sort them on that hard drive. >> and they are absolutely gone. they exist in a finite way, if you like. >> a cautionary tale. >> i know. >> do you think they will become mainstream? >> that is an interesting question. they are not backed by a gov

maybe producing a few more billionaires like richard branson suspect a bad thing. >> it's like bathing in warm milk. you were in eighth grade like a year ago. do you wish they had taught capitalism instead of finger painting? >> i think it's important to teach the children like evolution, you know? >> somewhat is that? >> teach these theories. i understand what he's trying to say. it's about creating smart business-minded adults prak lickety. -- practically. then their status and the money is the means and end of what they're trying to accomplish. that's not society. that's not something i want to be involved in. that's not the place i want to live. >> what are you talking about? >> i want to be filthy wealthy, but i don't know. >> what is the alternative? somewhat do you teach them? you team they have these horrible things about fairness, tucker. >> britain was at one point a capitalist country. that's where all the pretty buildings came from. it might be worth reminding the brits they lived the last 60 years off the residue of capitalism. the united states, the majority of young peop

. >> since billionaire richard branson founded it in 2005, more than 600 people placed deposits for thest commercial super sonic flight and they are scheduled to lift off in 2014. today it's ranging from space tourism to mining the moon, filled by the risk taking startup culture of silicon valley. bob richards is the ceo of moon express, a startup in mountain view. he and his team of young engineers are planning a mission to the moon at a cost of 50 to $100 million. >> so in getting to the moon like any business is really above balancing risk and cost. this is a super computer in my pocket. a billion times more powerful than what nasa designed to land the first landers on the moon. we can use that technology today, and we can use technology largely for the commercial sector. >> sure, a privately funded mission to the moon sounds risky, but richard thinks it's a gold mine of an opportunity. >> we'll eventually be mining the moon. astroids have been bombarding the earth and moon for years and every astroid contains billions or trillions of dollars worth of valuable resources. metals or go

so what you have started to see now is you've seen bill gates, president obama, jeffrey sax, richard bransonul allen, nathan morville, leading climate scientists saying we need nuclear energy because we can't bet the planet on solar which provides 1/10th of one% and on wind totally dependent on federal subsidies. that is a very dangerous bet. >> let's talk about dangerous. >> this is ridiculous what he's saying. warren buffett by the way says nuclear power is uneconomical. okay. go ahead. >> so when they built fukushima, and chernobyl, when they built three mile, they said it was a one in 10,000 odds that there would be a meltdown. and now we've had three meltdowns in 35 years in three countries. would you take those odds to las vegas today? one in 10,000? >> well, so first of all, i was eight years old when three mile island happened. i don't really feel like i should be responsible for whatever claims people were making when i was a baby. there's accidents in every energy industry. it's studied really carefully by the international energy aso, world health organization, articles in lancet.

the network announced tonight it has signed a deal with richard branson's company to televice his firstmercial space flight. they'll be the first private passengers to travel into space next year through his company. anyone else who wants to go will are to pay the current price of $250,000 a seat. >> do we know when that's going to be quite yet? >> do you have 250 grand to go? >> not yet. >>> without their star player, the warriors try their luck. >> fun show tonight -- maerish ka hargitay on the program, plus senator ted cruz, gavin degraw. and we go jaywalking. [ laughter ] he loves me. he loves me not. he loves me. he loves me not. ♪ he loves me! that's right. [ mom ] warm and flaky in 15, everyone loves pillsbury grands! [ girl ] make dinner pop! this is the creamy chicken corn chowder. i mean, look at it. so indulgent. did i tell you i am on the... [ both ] chicken pot pie diet! me too! [ male announcer ] so indulgent, you'll never believe they're light. 100-calorie progresso light soups. >>> it was a close game. >> yeah, real close without one of their key components. playing in s

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airplanes it has to be i mean it can't just be for space it's there are a lot of people who are richard branson with virgin galactic he talks about wanting it to be a point to point to go from san francisco to bangkok in forty five minutes so you don't only have space goals with this technology those are more emotional it's getting the whole society to experience the beauty of space but also i think the not the next generation but two generations. of aviation will be point to point these planes that go scurried into space and then land on the other side of the globe under an hour later absolutely well earlier this year we saw a company called orbital successfully send its first rocket filled with supplies to the international space station that's just one private company but who are the major players in the private space market right now and is there really a lot of competition that exists between them well it depends and we have competition in the new orbital center payloads to the space station that funded by nasa but it's commercial because if they don't succeed the middle get paid their com

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this project has even caught the attention of virgin ceo sir richard branson is interested in sponsoring it and of course steve has a song for the sale. among the humans. and when you see a new business. i had no way i choose to blame. in line to make her a lot about challenging the status while steve barr has won the most alternative candidates we've seen but he lacks some of the resources as his opponents. maybe he's ready for this change election day is november fact many beach florida kerry and boring rt and still ahead here on our team in iran thousands of protesters gathered outside a former u s embassy in teheran the anti american rally occurs on the anniversary of the nineteen seventy nine islamic revolution and a seat on the former us embassy more on a history of troubled relations after the break the ay ay ay ay ay ay ay since. and now we turn to iran were tens of thousands of demonstrators. the streets today outside the former us embassy in teheran . now these protests take place every year outside the compound marking the anniversary of the nineteen seventy nine islamic revol

it's sir richard branson who's interested in sponsoring it and of course steve has a song for this too long you're going to do you get to play you a piece in the sky but i have no place to treat you with my new book. the miami beach mayor election is about challenging the status quo steve burke is one of the most alternative candidates we've seen but he lacks some of the resources as his opponents mamie's ready for this change election day is november fifth i mean beach florida perry and boring are to. and now we turn to iran where tens of thousands of demonstrators packed the streets today outside the former u.s. embassy in tehran was the. now these protests take place every year outside the compound marking the anniversary of the nine hundred seventy nine islamic revolution and takeover of the u.s. embassy however today's protest was bigger than in years past in fact it was so large it stood as the largest anti-american rally in the capital in years which many say signals the opposition to president rouhani as historic outreach to washington ties between the two countries have been s

i mean they can just be for spaces to do a lot of people whose richard branson of virgin galactic. he talks about wanting it to be a point to point to go from scientists go to bangkok and forty five minutes so you don't only have space goals with this technology. those are more emotional fifty eight giving the whole society to experience the beauty of space but also i think that is not the next generation or two generations of aviation will be a point to point these airplanes ago stared into space and then landed near the side of the globe. now i absolutely love earlier this year we stopped at a company called orbital successfully sent its first rocket filled with supplies to the international space station. that's just one private company though were the major players the eye in the private space market right now and is there really a lot of competition that exists between them well it depends. we have competition in its new orbital cent of kilos the space station funded by nasa budget commercial chris if they don't succeed then they'll get paid their competition is the love must

and mare juana activist steve burke, who has won the interest of sir richard branson for this idea, to bring the world's longest urban cable car system to link the beach with downtown miami. >> we have one guy in bed with the special interests and one guy that is a developer and special interests. that's why people are so pissed at politicians. >> reporter: the job only pays $10,000 a year, and carries zero executive power. brett? >> all right, phil, thank you. still ahead, the president's political motive you probably have not considered for obama care. first, drunken stupor, crack cocaine binges, and lying to the voters. a mayor in trouble two is actually becoming more popular. the day we rescued riley was a truly amazing day. he was a matted mess in a small cage. so that was our first task, was getting him to wellness. without angie's list, i don't know if we could have found all the services we needed for our riley. from contractors and doctors to dog sitters and landscapers, you can find it all on angie's list. we found riley at the shelter, and found everything he needed at angie

eric anderson on his company's efforts and big money backers like google's eric schmidt and sir richard branson. of so let's get things started with a check of the markets, let's head to the floor of the new york stock exchange and nicole petallides. are investors taking a wreath -- breather here? >> reporter: five straight weeks of gains here, ticking it off here in fashion with up arrows. all three of the major averages do have up arrows, however, none of these three are gaining more than one-tenth t of 1% at the moment. so you are seeing that the momentum is leaning to the upside. however, not bursting out into crazy new highs. what we are seeing, though, is that we have the retail index, the drug index pulling higher, the banking index pulling back a little bit, the vixx also taking a breather here. as i speak about the banks, i want to look at bank of america, a stellar perfor year, up 24% this year, almost 52% in the last one year. but now today we are focusing on bank of america as you do have the u.s. government seeking the maximum penalty allowed, over $863 million, and this is in conn

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. >> since billionaire tycoon richard branson founded virgin galactic in 2005 more than 600 people have placed deposits for the first commercial supersonic flights. they're scheduled to lift off in 2014. today dozens of companies are launching new commercial space ventures ranging from space tourism to mining the moon, fueled by the risk-taking start-up culture of silicon valley. bob richards is the c.e.o. of moon express, a start-up in mountain view. he and his team of young engineers are planning an unmanned mission to the moon at a cost of 50 to $100 million. >> so in getting to the moon like any business, it's really about balancing risk and cost. this is a supercomputer in my pocket. a billion times more powerful than what nasa designed to land the first landers on the moon. we can use that technology today. and we can use technology largely for the commercial sector. >> reporter: sure a privately funded mission to the moon sounds risky, but richard thinks it's a gold mine of a business opportunity. >> reporter: moon express is a hundreddar resources company that means we will even

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a number of interesting people come down from queen latifah if she can work up her courage to richard bransonen years. it seems more specific. you have rich people giving away money and also have george clooney who is very involved in a specific thing. no credit and no publicity? has it changed? >> it is part of effort life. corporations have philanthropy. anyone whose got money. a jung generation who might be personified by bush who seem to be born to do it. this was something they were going to do like eating and breathing. they were going to care about it. my own children, my son is 10, the awareness of the environment and the way things are made and labor practices and people who are under privilege and education. all those things seem to be part of a generation that is knit together. >> my kids donated to unicef. >> there is an example that you bring. i think an 8 or 9-year-old girl who got very moved by seeing something on and started a foundation herself. they sell lemonade that is bottled. a big portion of it goes to the cause. >> i wanted to point out at the bottom, new england state

richard branson, for example, a celebrity in the business world, his rep confirming that he is an earlyr in twitter. we're hearing that ashton kutcher, no surprise. ashton kutcher, for example, this is someone who -- i don't mean to have a love affair with his money moves. he's made some great moves, he's invested in uber, spotify. we're hearing big international investors are in on this. if you look at the founders, ev williams, 1.4 -- that is a "b" on your screen. jack dorsey, 586 million. biz stone. he's not listed on the original list. and the ceo, dick costolo. >> how much are the celebrities going to make? >> there are various. some of the venture capital firms will make hundreds of millions of dollars. >> assuming it sells through when it hits the market. prepricing it -- do you think the revenues, the story of the stock will get it through the facebook fiasco. >> i don't think you'll have the facebook fiasco. is this facebook or google? remember google you waited at the open of google and went up and up and up and now is above $1,000 a share. can this company prove it can make m

but jack dorsey's dad tweeted a congratulations and richard branson, an investors, tweeted a congratulations to the whole team. i'm very surprised, carl, by how many people are already flooding into that office. >> julia, we'll be coming back to you as well. >> we'll also listen in by tracking the hash tag twitter ipo. we'll be streaming some of your tweets throughout this program this morning. we invite you to join in on the conversation. use that conversation, it's a good one. #twitteripo. what is the best harr tag you'd use to describe street? >> the ecb cut its interest rate to a half to a record low. and here while jobless claims fell last week, the news flow in the past hour has been unbelievable. >> this is the number of disappointing quarters that i followed last night and this morning, and this is the number of better quarters, okay? >> wow. obviously a lot more disappointing ones. >> and it just a parade of disappointment, whether it be whole foods, whether it be qualcomm, fairway, gees, noodles and company. >> yeah, what happened there. >> that's the day that jcpenney has comparat

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