After the success of SpaceShipOne and winning the US $10 million Ansari X prize, Sir Richard Branson new company Virgin Galactic ventures into a new market of space tourism, registration is open.
Flights expected as early as 2007 will allow you to gaze the stars for about US $200,000 per person (at least we don't need to apply for a visa :P) for a two-hours trip and three days pre-flight training.
Donations accepted, send in your US $1 bank drafts (minimum) to me.
Your favourite Spider Magazine is also in contact with Virgin Galactic for an agreement or sorts to give a complimentary copy to each tourist on-board the trip. Plans also underway to release a few issues of them into space. Going global in style.
Yipee, SPIDER Alien edition ;)
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7 comments:
Hmmm... when the country's only comp-tech blog starts getting irrelevant posts... a wasted click this time...
He wants to go to space. Not many people I know in PK who dream big. Why should that be irrelevant to tech?? Have a heart!
Just thinking of paying $200,000 for a few mins of star gazing makes me see more stars than I can count...
The Ansari X prize was meant to break NASA's monoply over space travel. It has achieved that. I *expect* it will take a few dozen years before shuttling to the moon and back will be as regular an affair as boarding a plane to North America. You agree?
Absolutely... :-)
Technological advancements in some specific areas are required to make it commercially viable, fuel and propulsion technology being the most important because fossil fuel and fossil-fuel based engines aren't a practical solution for space travel.
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