Thursday, August 15, 2019

Virgin Galactic Shows Off Swanky Lounge For Space Tourists

Virgin Galactic, the Richard Branson-backed startup which is working on a space tourism venture which hopes to launch well heeled tourists into space, showed off a new, swanky lounge, which it said that its "Future Astronauts" will be able depart and return from space. The "Gaia Lounge" at its "Gateway to Space" is at Virgin Galactic's new hangar at Spaceport America in New Mexico. Virgin Galactic has been developing its space vehicles in Mojave, California, but recently has been shifting towards commercial launch of operations to its new site in the New Mexico desert. Virgin Galactic said the new lounge follows one of the hallmarks of the Virgin brand, which is the "use of inspired and bold design to transform customer experiences."