Source: The Independent

    Space tourism has changed the face of travel
    Virgin Galactic

    The World travel Awards has named Space Tourism as the greatest travel triumph of the past decade February 10, ahead of the low-cost flying revolution and the emergence of citizen travel publishing through TripAdvisor.

    The group polled industry insiders to compile the list, which also recognizes the “Dubai goldrush,” emergence of the BRIC (Brazil, Russia India, China) economies and online check-in as triumphs that changed the way we travel. However, the launch of Space Tourism is deemed to have changed the landscape the most – Virgin Galactic plans its first passenger flights to space in 2011.

    More than 300 people have signed up for trips on board Virgin Galactic, the company’s president Will Whitehorn confirmed February 11 at a business travel trade show in London. Their orbiter, SpaceShipTwo, is currently undergoing flight tests in preparation for the first flights next year. A ticket to space costs $200,000 (€145,440)

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