Richard Branson Plans Orbital Spaceships For Virgin Galactic

Posted by timothy on Tuesday April 30, 2013 @04:43AM 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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Re:$200K ... Uh Oh. by AuralityKev · 2013-04-30 04:49 · Score: 5, Funny

I wonder if you work for Virgin if they give you discounts? You know, like the airlines do with normal flights? That would be a hell of an incentive and may just gather the greatest nerdforce in history.
Re:This just in... by AuralityKev · 2013-04-30 04:53 · Score: 5, Insightful

*moon. I suck.
Re:$200K ... Uh Oh. by Mente · 2013-04-30 05:15 · Score: 5, Funny

No Air, no Air Miles. Its in the fine print.