Keen on a quick space trip, but can’t afford the $200,000 that Virgin Galactic wants for a seat? A cheaper alternative offers the same kind of thrills for less than half the price — and you even get to fly the spaceship.
The Mariana Trench is a place of incredible mystery, the deepest point in our home planet. Like 97 per cent of Earth’s seabed, it remains completely unknown and full of the strangest life you can possibly imagine.
XCOR Aerospace is throwing their hat into the ring, offering budget return flights to space for less than half what Richard Branson is asking for. Who do they think they are, the JetBlue of the interplanetary travel world?
