Virgin Galactic Spacecraft

Sometime in the next 12 months passengers will be able to journey into the final frontier aboard Virgin Galactic’s SpaceShipTwo, heralding the true beginning of commercial space flight according to CEO Sir Richard Branson.

Virgin Galactic is one of the first in the world to offer seats to everyday people onboard the commercial spacecraft. A cool $200,000 books you a seat onboard the 60 foot spacecraft that will take you on a suborbital trip 110 kilometres above the Earth’s surface for six full minutes of weightlessness and view the curvature of the Earth.

So far over 430 people have booked their spot on SpaceShipTwo which has a crew of two and can carry six passengers.  To do so is as easy as booking online direct with the website and forking over a $20,000 deposit, followed by a three day training regime once a series of medical tests are passed.