Virgin Galactic space ship makes its first solo test flight
October 12th, 2010 - 7:25 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
California, Oct 12 (THAINDIAN NEWS) The Virgin galactic spaceship carried its first solo test flight in California.
The enterprise is planning to take people on short trips at the cost of $200,000. Sir Richard Branson is the man behind the spaceship project is a British billionaire and he also witnessed the test drop. On an interview he claims that this will be a memorable day and trip worth remembering in history of Virgin.
He added that from 2004 when this project first began he has always dreamt of this day and now finally the great moment has arrived. After the latest achievement the entrepreneur said that Virgin Galactic has become the world’s first commercial spaceship.
“For the first time since we seriously began the project in 2004, I watched the world’s first manned commercial spaceship landing on the runway at Mojave Air and Space Port and it was a great moment,” according to Sir Richard Branson.
He said that Virgin Galactic have already received deposits from 370 customers who wish to experience the atmosphere above the ground in the new space line. Stephen Attenborough the head of astronaut relation at Virgin claims that soon booking will be out for the first season of space line operation. The journey will last for 25 minutes and can take eight people on board with six passengers and two crewmembers.
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