Video: Branson's pledge to Virgin Galactic space tourists
Monday, December 8, 2008 - 07:08
in Astronomy & Space
If you are lucky enough to have $200,000 to spare and have signed up as one of Virgin Galactic's space tourists then this is the video Richard Branson will have sent you to whet your appetite.Virgin hopes to take its passengers to the edge of space in 2010 – if all goes well with testing of its new vehicles SpaceShipTwo and WhiteKnightTwo. Later, the company wants to take space tourists into the heart of the aurora borealis for the first time.You can find our interview with Brian Binnie, the pilot who tested SpaceShipOne, here.Space explorationSpace technologyVirgin & Richard Bransonguardian.co.uk © Guardian News & Media Limited 2008 | Use of this content is subject to our Terms & Conditions | More Feeds
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