Virgin Galactic: The logical next step

Source URL: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/3693518.stm
Posted at: http://www.air-attack/com/news/news_article/257

The news that Sir Richard Branson has signed a deal to take paying passengers into space suggests the Ansari X-Prize has achieved its goal of bringing space tourism closer to the masses.

One of the aims behind the $10m (£5.7m) challenge was to galvanise enthusiasm for private manned spaceflight, thereby bringing "out of this world" tourism within reach of ordinary people.

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