Private firm successfully takes men into space for first time
- 5 years ago
A new era for space tourism may have come one small step closer.
After 14 years of testing, Virgin Galactic's tourism spaceship successfully soared into the upper reaches of the Earth's atmosphere on Thursday, hitting a maximum altitude of 82-thousand-700 meters.
This is the first time a private firm has taken a man into space,... and with two pilots and four research payloads on board to simulate a real tourism flight, it's expected that this will be the start of the firm's revenue-earning space missions.
It's reported that the cost of "touring space" for 90 minutes is 250-thousand U.S. dollars, and already some 600 people have signed up for the trip.
After 14 years of testing, Virgin Galactic's tourism spaceship successfully soared into the upper reaches of the Earth's atmosphere on Thursday, hitting a maximum altitude of 82-thousand-700 meters.
This is the first time a private firm has taken a man into space,... and with two pilots and four research payloads on board to simulate a real tourism flight, it's expected that this will be the start of the firm's revenue-earning space missions.
It's reported that the cost of "touring space" for 90 minutes is 250-thousand U.S. dollars, and already some 600 people have signed up for the trip.