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PayPal plans to go where no payment processor has gone before: space.

With a rocket-powered test flight, the billionaire's space transportation company moves closer to its goal of shuttling tourists into space by 2014.

At SXSW, the tech visionary provides a pulse check on the three companies he recently helped start.

Richard Branson built his Virgin Group empire attacking niches dominated by legacy companies. Now he's extending his entrepreneurial philosophies to a new market that's out of this world.