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Richard Branson Plans Orbital Spaceships For Virgin Galactic

Posted by timothy on from the ignore-the-weight dept.

Velcroman1 writes "Following the historic first rocket-powered flight of its SpaceShipTwo vehicle, Virgin Galactic plans to build a fleet of spaceships and begin ferrying hundreds of tourists into space in 2014. And then? A whole new kind of spacecraft, Sir Richard Branson said. 'We'll be building orbital spaceships after that,' Branson told Fox News Tuesday, 'so that people who want to go for a week or two can.' Assuming the cost is on the same scale, would you pay a few hundred grand for a few weeks in orbit?"

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  1. LOL, wrong question ... by gstoddart · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Assuming the cost is on the same scale, would you pay a few hundred grand for a few weeks in orbit?

    Would I if I had it to spend? Absolutely. Can I or most of us afford to spend the cost of a house on this? Sadly, no.

    I suspect most of us will never get to do this, which sucks. Because I would dearly love to do this before I die.

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  2. Re:This just in... by AuralityKev · · Score: 5, Insightful

    *moon. I suck.

  3. first pinballs, now orbiters? by Trepidity · · Score: 3, Insightful

    I guess the 1960s really are back.

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  4. Re:$200K ... Uh Oh. by NReitzel · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Some of us are already on in years.

    I expected to be here, at this point, by the end of the 70's. Then Vietnam happened, Nixon happened, and the future was, and still is, being mortgaged.

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