Sir Richard Branson is on the hunt for the child that inspired his latest mission into space.
The billionaire wants to find Shihan Musafer who he spoke to 26 years ago on the Saturday morning television show Going Live.
Mr Branson was on the BBC show in 1988 and answered a call from young Shihan Musafer, who asked: "Have you ever thought about going into space?"
He replied: "I'd love to go into space, as I think pretty well everybody watching this show would love to go to space. When you see those magnificent pictures in space and the incredible views, I think there could be nothing nicer. So if you're building a spacecraft I'd love to come with you on it."
Because of the conversation Mr Branson has gone on to build the world's first commercial spaceline, Virgin Galactic.
The projects first spacecraft, Virgin Spaceship Enterprise, is nearing the end of its supersonic test flight program and more than 700 Future Astronauts, including celebrities such Brad Pitt and Justin Bieber, are booked up ready to fly into space.
Mr Branson and his children will be on the inaugural commercial spaceflight due to take off before the end of this year.
The Virgin Galactic team are keen to track down Shihan to say thank you for helping to inspire the idea and to offer Shihan the chance to join the space programme as a VIP guest to witness a spaceflight.
Anyone who knows Shihan Musafer should tweet @richardbranson and @virgingalactic using #shihanmusafer.
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