National Aeronautics and Space Administrion

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Thursday, February 9, 2012

Virgin Galactic: 200,000 Ticket to ride

Record executives want to send JZ and Beyonce to space to simply make a music video. The idea itself is of historical value. It sounds off the wall now, because now there is nothing to really compare to it.

Space tourism is actually a real concept. This concept is actually in the making. This puts some competition within the governments for the funding of the space programs.

6.2 miles is the "carmen line," where the atmosphere ends and space begins. 470 tickets have already been sold, without an actual date being set. It's the first sub-orbital flight which is pretty ground breaking.

The director of X-men is going up with Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolee, along with Stephan Hawkings, Selma Hiat, and Tom Hanks. Surprisingly William Shatner is not going. A plane will take the passengers to a mothership, 300,000 feet above the Earth.

It cost 20,000 to reserve a ticket and 200,000 to go. You will need 3days of G force training. It will take 150 minutes to fly. It is very stressful on the body, as you hurdle through space at the speed of light within 30 seconds.

Space tourism is becoming the next big thing. When you see the Earth out side the window you see how inter-connected we all are. A good comparison is to the flight of a shuttlecock in badmitten.

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