On April 1, 2011 Richard Branson announced that he had bought Pluto and had a plan to get it reinstated as a planet. Virgin Galactic would construct a space vehicle to drag asteroids and assorted space debris to the dwarf planet until it was big enough to qualify as a planet. Branson said, “Virgin has expanded into many territories over the years, but we have never had our own planet before. This could pave the way for a new age in space tourism.”