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Branson Looks To Bring Down The Cost Of Space Tourism

'We Do Have Another Idea" The Virgin Galactic Chief Says

For those who think that $250,000 is a little spendy for a short suborbital trip to space, Sir Richard Branson says he is formulating a less-expensive option that he will unveil early next year.

Discovery News reports that, in an interview with Business Insider in New York, Branson said that the budget space carrier (our term, not his) would "enable people to travel into space very cheaply. Not everybody, but quite a few people who never expected to go into space."

When pressed, he said he'd already said too much about the project.

That came as a bit of a surprise, given that the price of a trip on SpaceShipTwo went UP 25 percent in April. After the spacecraft successfully broke the sound barrier, Branson boosted the fare to $250,000 "until the first 1,000 people have traveled with us" to "match up with inflation." The first voyage is planned for early next year.

Virgin Galactic says it currently has 600 people on a list to be among the first to fly into space aboard SS2.

(SpaceShipTwo image from file)

FMI: www.virgingalactic.com

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