Astronauts Wanted – Richard Branson Explains his Vision of Space Travel
Astronauts wanted as Richard Branson sets out his vision for the Virgin Galactic program, aiming to democratise space travel (if you have a spare $200,000 that is).
For the lucky few, it starts with 2 days of flight preparation, then hitching a lift on the custom designed WhiteKnight aircraft and a climb up to 50,000 feet.
Then silence as the VMS Enterprise gets released from it’s mothership. The silence doesn’t last long before they hear the roar of the rocket they are strapped into pushes them hard into their seats as they accelerate towards 3000 mph and zero gravity space.
Around 2 hours later they will touch back down on earth having been on the ride of their lives. Fewer than 500 people have so far made it into space. Richard Branson is aiming to change that predicting 500 people in the first year taking a space flight and 50,000 people within 10 years.
Now… where did I put that lottery ticket?
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