Original 'Mercury 13' Member Ready To Go
For the 500 or so well-heeled individuals who've signed up with Richard Branson's Virgin Galactic to make the brief trip into space, there is probably no more qualified person on the list than Wally Funk of Roanoke, TX. At 73, she has been flying since the age of 16 and has amassed 18,600 flight hours and has trained 2,000 pilots.