Virgin Galactic - Commercial Space Flights to Coming Soon. Both California's governor Schwarzenegger and New Mexico Governor Richardson were on hand to christen the commercial passenger spaceship, the VSS Enterprise, at its unveiling at the Mojave Air and Space Port. Virgin Galactic, a sister company of Sir Richard Branson? S Virgin Atlantic Airways, is the developer of the Virgin Space Ship Enterprise, a commercial spaceship that six passengers plus two pilots, astronauts seats. Mr. BurtRutan is the designer of the VSS Enterprise, which is also known as the SpaceShipTwo (SS2). Rutan is the founder of Scaled Composites. His company built the SS1, the first commercial passenger spaceship. Maiden flight in 2004 resulted in 10 million U.S. dollars Rutan won the Ansari X Prize. Virgin Galactic is building six of these space vehicles and expects to flights in 2010 or 2011. Reservations are now to book passage for a 150-minute flight, include the observation that the earth is taken60 miles away, to do five minutes of weightlessness. The cost for a place in this luxurious space ship, also known as SpaceShipTwo (SS2 known), is $ 200,000. For more visit: www.aworldofluxuryproperty.com
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