Virgin Galactic - Commercial Flights to Space Coming Soon

Virgin Galactic - Commercial Flights to Space Coming Soon. Both Californias Governor Schwarzenegger and New Mexicos Governor Richardson were on hand to christen the commercial passenger spaceship, the VSS Enterprise, at its unveiling at the Mojave Air and Spaceport. Virgin Galactic, a sister company to Sir Richard Branson?s Virgin Atlantic Airways, is the developer of the Virgin Space Ship Enterprise, which is a commercial spacecraft that seats six passenger astronauts plus two pilots.

Mr. Burt Rutan is the designer of the VSS Enterprise, which is also known as the SpaceshipTwo (SS2). Rutan is the founder of Scaled Composites. His company built the SS1, the first commercial passenger spaceship. Its maiden flight in 2004 resulted in Rutan winning the $10 million Ansari X Prize.

Virgin Galactic will build six of these spacecrafts and anticipates offering flights in 2010 or 2011. Reservations are being taken now to book passage for a 150-minute flight that will include observing Earth from 60 miles away and experiencing five minutes of weightlessness. The cost of a seat on this luxury spacecraft, also known as the SpaceshipTwo (SS2), is $200,000.

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[libertyphoenix777]

WOW! This is AMAZING!!!!!! Perhaps there may in the years to come a SPACEPLANE in EVERY GARAGE!!!!! THANKS BURT!!!

[johnbanks010]

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[TheSpiritof1969]

This venture will only ever be a glorified theme park ride. It is not going into space, just to a very high altitude to the upper reaches of the atmosphere not into orbit and not really clearing the atmosphere.

[minusblame]

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[ODDNOMAD]

it will be expensive and only for the rich for a short time. once the rich realize they can be MORE RICH!! selling tickets around the world. it will be the natural evolution of the airlines. there is alot of money to be made in space. i wouldnt be surprised if our moon has already been split and cut into pieces by now by countries on our planet. treaties signed and initiatives revealed and concealed with and from each country.

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[mat999999999]

@3ISAMAGICNUMBR each ticket is like $200,000.

[3ISAMAGICNUMBR]

@skyh1ghstandards, doesn't matter it will be super expensive only for multi-millionaires.

[skyh1ghstandards]

anyone know if there will be some kind of age limit for this?

[ajcool240]

cool