Trips will initially cost about $200,000 and will eventually go down in price. That`s far less than the $20 million reported cost of businessman Dennis Tito`s trip on a Russian spacecraft in 2001, considered the first space tourist. Bobbi Rebell reports.
(Philadelphia) Commercial space travel is one step closer to becoming a reality with Richard Branson`s Virgin Galactic unveiling what will be the first craft, "the Space ship two," and training is expected to take place in Bucks County, Leslie Van Arsdall
Virgin Galactic
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Virgin Galactic
Type
Private
Founded
2004
Headquarters
New Mexico, USA
Key people
Richard Branson(UK)
Will Whitehorn
Industry
space tourism
Products
space tourism
Owner
Virgin Group
Employees
30
Website
www.virgingalactic.com
Virgin Galactic is a company within Sir Richard Branson's Virgin Group, which plans to offer sub-orbital spaceflights and, in the future, orbital spaceflights to the paying public.
