Want to be the first one on your block to fly into space, to experience zero gravity, to puke your guts out? You’re in luck. Richard Branson’s Virgin Galactic, the first commercial space airline, is now open for reservations. You can sign up to discuss your booking (and whether you need to update your will) here. And if you are welcomed aboard it will only cost you a cool, umm, $200,000. If you are not sure mortgaging your entire life will be worth a brief fling into space, you can watch this very slick simulation to get your rockets running. Will I be signing up? Nope. If NASA can’t fly people safely into space and back, I’m not sure I think Virgin Galactic can either. This thing has Titanic written all over it…
“Now, remember, make sure you hand out the barf bags before you pass the champagne…”
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