Who will be the first civilian in space? A dyslexic of course—Sir Richard Branson.
Who will be the first civilian in space? A dyslexic of course—Sir Richard Branson. On Sunday, Sir Richard will boldly go into space. As Sir Richard often says (as quoted in Overcoming Dyslexia 2nd edition, Knopf, 2020, p. 522: “If I hadn’t been dyslexic, I would never have done it.”
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