Wednesday, November 10, 2021

Virgin Galactic Books 100 Tickets, 700 On Reservation List

Virgin Galactic, the space tourism company led by Sir Richard Branson, which originally developed its space vehicles in Mojave--but now is headquartered out of a new location in New Mexico--says it has now sold 100 tickets to space, at $450,000 a pop. The company--which recently put Branson into space--says that it has approximately 700 people who have reserved a spot on its spaceship for a trip to space, with the goal of having approximately 1,000 reservations prior to the launch of the service. Virgin Galactic is charging $1,000 to those reserving a spot on a flight, although those reservations are fully refundable. Virgin Galactic had its first flight in July--the one with Richard Branson--but is not expecting its next flight until sometime next year, in 2022.