Virgin boss unveils space trips

Published: Jan 16, 2005
Source: news.bbc.co.uk



Space tourism is less than three years away, Sir Richard Branson has claimed.

There are already 13,500 potential passengers for the £100,000 ($190,000) "Virgin Galactic spaceliner" trip, Sir Richard told the BBC.

The entrepreneur is having five "spaceliners" built in the US by the team which launched the SpaceShipOne rocket plane last year.

Sir Richard said he himself, his children and his parents all plan to be on the first flight.continue..