Virgin Galactic has opened a new phase of ticket sales for its suborbital space tourism ride. But the price of a seat is eye-watering.
If you have a spare $450,000 laying around, then how about handing it over to Virgin Galactic for a trip to the edge of space?
The company doesn’t give a specific date for its first commercial flight to the edge of space, but says it wants to get the first 1,000 customers on board its rocket-powered plane “later this year.” Testing out the hardware ahead of the commercial launch, Virgin Galactic founder Richard Branson took a suborbital space ride aboard the VSS Unity spaceplane in July.
Virgin Galactic’s first commercial missions will take place at Spaceport America in New Mexico. Passengers will participate in several days of spaceflight preparedness activities before settling into their seat for the 90-minute experience.
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