Sir Richard Branson, the boss of Virgin has signed a £14m agreement which will see his company take passengers into space. Five "spaceliners" are being built in the US by the team behind the SpaceShipOne vehicle which in June 2004 became the first privately owned rocket plane to go above 100km. Although weightlessness would be achieved on the proposed flights they will not be able to achieve orbital heights. Sir Richard says that flights on the "Virgin Galactic" spaceliner should begin in about three years' time. Would you want to go into space and how much would you be prepared to pay?
Anyone For A Holiday In Space?
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