Virgin Galactic selling spaceflight tickets for $450,000

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Those who wish to spend a few minutes at the edge of Earth's atmosphere will now have the chance—if they have $450,000 to spare.

The Virgin Galactic Unity22 Crew, consisting of Dave Mackay, Colin Bennett, Beth Moses, Richard Branson, Sirisha Bandla and Michael Masucci, are pictured in a July 2021 photo released by Virgin Galactic.

"Leveraging the surge in consumer interest following the Unity 22 flight, we are excited to announce the reopening of sales effective today, beginning with our Spacefarer community," Virgin Galactic CEO Michael Colglazier said in a statement Thursday as the company announced second quarter earnings."As we endeavor to bring the wonder of space to a broad global population, we are delighted to open the door to an entirely new industry and consumer experience.

Still, video from the trip showed Branson and his crew enjoying a few minutes of micro-gravity and the entire crew was presented astronaut wings during a news conference after their landing.Branson's role in much-viewed test flight was as a mission specialist, tasked with testing the customer experience.

"I think, like most kids, I have dreamt of this moment since I was a kid and honestly nothing can prepare you for the view of Earth from space," Branson said after landing."It's just magical. I'm just taking it all in. It's just unreal."

 

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If you haven’t seen the awesome movie - They Live, it’s now the time! Start recognising these entities running these news platforms and suggesting flights to the dome of this earth plane. They’re system is crumbling. CovidVaccine

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nelliebranco If I had '$450,000 to spare,' my bills, home, car & kids' school loans would be paid off & we'd still have something left with which to buy a nice dinner!

Yeah no thank you I rather build my dream home or put a stripper through college

I can think of a lot better and useful things to do with$450K.

How about putting that towards some humanitarian efforts vs a 450k amusement ride.

This is all so stupid.

Prediction: this isn’t going to end well. When someone gets hurt… again… it’ll all become space junk.

Not that serious.... LoL

All aboard rich people.. don't want to miss your chance on this glorified amusement park ride.

Is this truly needed? I’m going to say no! When a country and its people are in need of all types of help and all you see from those that have wealth is irresponsible spending, it’s a tad maddening. There’s never money money to help, but we can still do this?

That’s around £320,000 just for a few mins in the Sky. Let me think about that one 🤔 After speaking to my Accountant, she said it’s not advisable as it’s not a Smart Investment. So I will have to Gracefully Decline, sorry

“astronaughts”

ektaka Gross.

Im gonna laugh my ass off when hos socalled spacecraft blows up in a million pieces!!!

Is this the price we have to pay to destroy our planet quicker

For 450K they better have the frontier flight attendant on board

And who is going to compensate our planet for the damage these joy rides for millionaires do to our planets atmosphere

How about these rich people use their millions to restore rain forests around the world? Instead of some pointless, worthless exercise?! ClimateCrisis

The god equation is The formula for the human meaning of life=shapes, colors, pressures, 2547 spaces for gravity to occupy of either a shape, color, or pressure So what

Behold the birth of the “astronaught”.🙄

10 of Ege of Space Voyagers - 10 x $450k 4.5 mil 100 45 mil - build a School, hospital

Can i pay in rupees ?

Waiting till prices are 15k

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Need to bring prices down

Is there a Groupon for this, richardbranson?

Those wankers who wish to spend a few minutes.....you forgot 'wankers'.

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