The extremely fancy $US210 million hub for all of Virgin’s Galactic enterprises is finished and ready for action. 450 of the first 2.5-hour flights, which offer five minutes of weightlessness and promise ‘views of earth only seen astronauts’, have been sold for $US200,000 each. Let’s hope they release that list of 450 space-bound earthlings soon, yes? For the sake of the gold-diggers, you understand.
Unfortunately fights won’t be taking place until sometime in 2013, after testing of the Mothership, WhiteKnightTwo and SpaceShipTwo have been completed next year. [BBC, Telegraph via Gizmodo UK]
chugs
Wednesday, October 19, 2011 at 9:02 AMthe thing about this space flight thing is that is always 2-3 years away. I don’t believe them anymore.
chugs
Wednesday, October 19, 2011 at 9:05 AMThis throws my entire perception of reality into question. Clone? Robot? Or long lost twin? Taking all bets! I also offer video poker!
jt
Wednesday, October 19, 2011 at 12:49 PM“Unfortunately fights won’t be taking place until sometime in 2013″
RedFireWalker
Wednesday, October 19, 2011 at 1:31 PMI thought we where already travelling through space on on spaceship earth, isnt going out of the atmosphere just the same as hanging of the side of the ship while going on an ocean cruise just to get a better look at the water.
and not that ill ever have the sort of money to do something like this anyway, but if I did I think ill be waiting until the space voyage can take me to an actual destination somewhere out there, not just up and back down again, seems kind of pointless.
wooktree
Wednesday, October 19, 2011 at 3:48 PMNo, it’s more like going out on a boat and then diving off the side to take a look around in the water.
Prostadroid
Wednesday, October 19, 2011 at 4:56 PMI’d rather pay $200,000 to have sex in zero gravity for an hour with a fine range of top models, now that would sell millions!
Marty McFly
Wednesday, October 19, 2011 at 11:09 PMlol you need to get laid soon