Virgin Galactic Commercial Director Stephen Attenborough says that he expects the cost of his company’s suborbital joyride could drop sharply in the years ahead – from roughly four year’s worth of an average worker’s salary to one year.
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The whole trip is two and a half hours. Roughly half the time is spent getting up there with the rest for getting down because there are a few minutes of weightlessness at the top,” said Attenborough.
US$200,000? What about the rest of us? Well, Attenborough reckons that in a few years time, all going well, the prices could drop to US$50,000 or even lower, so get saving.
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