Ready to book your ticket for space? Just contact Virgin Galactic.
by Nick on Sep.03, 2010, under Articles, Aviation, Aviation News, Space flight, Video of the day
- Spaceport America, currently under construction in New Mexico. Click on the picture above to watch a short video about it.
If you are ready to venture into space and have the resources to do so, you can now book your ticket. Sir Richard Branson wants to make it possible for everyone to experience space flight. The Virgin Galactic website announces: “Book your place in space now and join around 340 Virgin Galactic astronauts who will venture into space. Tickets cost $200,000 and deposits start from $20,000. If you are interested in discussing your reservation with us directly please fill in the booking form and we will be in touch as soon as possible to answer any questions you may have. Or you can contact one of our Accredited Space Agents around the world. They have been specially selected and trained by us to handle all aspects of your spaceflight reservation.”
So the dream of space flight is now within reach for anyone who is willing to pay the price! Spaceship Two, designed by the the engineering genius Burt Rutan and his team in the Mojave desert, is now undergoing its test flight stages. Once this project is fully launched, they are hoping to get the ticket price down to approximately what it would cost you to buy a new car.
After successfully having concluded the SpaceShipOne project, SpaceShipTwo was designed, built and presented to the world in the Mojave desert, in California in December last year.
Upon completion of the test flight stage, those with tickets will be taken up for flights above the atmosphere. This may be as early as 2011.
If you click on the picture above, you will be able to see a short video about the SpaceshipOne project with actual footage from flights, followed by an animated video of a SpaceshipTwo flight.
Sir Richard intends to run the first flights out of New Mexico before extending operations around the globe. Just like its predecessor SpaceshipOne, it is a rocket plane that is lifted initially by a carrier vehicle before blasting skywards.
SS2 is built for a crew of two and has room for six passengers. The launch plane will also be able to carry passengers for those who would like to see their loved ones getting launched into space! Sir Richard himself intends to be on the launch craft to see his mother going to space.
About 300 individuals are reported to have signed up for a flight so far. The New Mexico authorities are investing almost $200m in a facility in Upham. It will have a 3,000m (10,000ft) runway and a suitably space-age terminal and hangar buildings.
Click on the picture above or here to watch a video about the unveiling of SpaceshipTwo last December and an interview with Sir Richard Branson.
“We’re going where no one has gone before,” Branson stated a few years ago, “there’s no model to follow, nothing to copy. That is what makes this so exciting.” The dreams and “can do” attitudes of Sir Richard Branson and Burt Rutan has made it possible for many of us to now start thinking about space travel.
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