Would you pay to fly into space? If so, you can now fly into space with Virgin Galactic from August of this year. While the whole idea of affordable space travel for the masses is certainly getting closer, right now a ticket will cost you $450,000.
Virgin Galactic has had a rough start, especially with the loss of its original SpaceShipTwo in October 2014, an accident that not only claimed the life of a pilot, but also cast doubt on whether the company’s lofty goal of launching tourists into space would ever happen at all.
It seems that the company’s perseverance has paid off as its first ever paying space tourists will be launching as early as August 10th of this year.
(Not actual photo of Virgin Galactic’s customers)
Virgin Galactic’s approach to space tourism involves having a separate carrier aircraft lift its rocket plane to an altitude of almost 45,000 feet before releasing it.
Once free, its main engine will carry it and its crew up to 50 miles above the planet’s surface.
https://www.virgingalactic.com/
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“Call to Action”? What about how amazing is God’s creation? SMH.