Virgin Galactic Unveils First Tourist Spaceship

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Virgin Galactic Unveils First Tourist Spaceship

Aspiring space tourists got a first look at their future ride late Monday, when Virgin Galactic unveiled the first of its long-awaited SpaceShipTwo planes (pictured with wings folded upward, suspended from the middle of its twin-fuselage launch vehicle).

New Mexico Spaceport Designs Unveiled

Architects and officials last week unveiled the planned design for Spaceport America's 100,000-square-foot (9,300-square-meter) main terminal, pictured above.

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[Garrett]

Now that is just fucking awesome. 220 mi. high club here I come.

 

[leadsupplier]

ghey b/c i'll never go on it

 

[guerilla]

This has been my dream for a long time

Book your place in space now and join around 250 Virgin Galactic astronauts who will venture into space.

Tickets cost $200,000 and deposits start from $20,000.

Booking | Virgin Galactic

There will be cheap flights within 20 years. I'm talking flights under $10k. This is capitalism.

 

[rogerrabbit]

^This^

The beauty of this is that the price WILL come down.

Like one article quoted branson saying "Nasa has sent a few hundred people to space over 30 years and costing billions of dollars. VG will send a thousand in the next four years"

 

[exclusivewrites]

There's already monies for the trip

BBC NEWS | Business | New currency for space travellers

 

[papajohn56]

more like galactic virgins, amirite?

actually I'd love to do this, my hope is for this to be a reality:

Space Island Group - Home Page

 

[mattseh]

Shame it doesn't go into orbit. I'm sure there will be a new ship within 10 years though.

 

[subigo]

I'm taking bets. The first ship to explode? First trip, second... you decide.

 

[PhillipMarlow]

But how much more fun would it be...ON WEEEEEED??

 

[papajohn56]

But how much more fun would it be...ON WEEEEEED??

probably not nearly as fun as it would be on acid

 

[makethatgreen]

But how much more fun would it be...ON WEEEEEED??

I don't think that would be a good idea. Could you imagine how paranoid you'd be thinking the space ship would blow up or some crazy shit like that?

 

[ricdes]

uh how many miles is this?

 

[Godspeed]

Richard Branson is alien.

 

[DTAlexONE]

That's cool man. I can't wait for the day that we'll be able to travel to other planets and shit.

 

[turbolapp]

I was just reading about this in Time. Talk about Extravagant.

Space has no appeal for me. Now if we're going to get extravagant, where the fuck is my Telepod?

 

[webetricky]

Richard Branson is reptilian.

there we go

 

[LotsOfZeros]

I'm taking bets. The first ship to explode? First trip, second... you decide.

LOL @ everything past the 4min mark

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wNsJUmFrUCA"]YouTube- Broadcast Yourself.[/ame]

 

[DewChugr]

That's cool man. I can't wait for the day that we'll be able to travel to other planets and shit.

We already have. All those UFO sightings, they're our descendants traveling back in time to see their past and do research. :338:

 

[LotsOfZeros]

Space has no appeal for me.

Why don't you just be honest and let everyone know how afraid you are of the Celestial Authorities?