Aussie over the moon about leaving Earth
The West Australian
Glenys Ambe, who has bought a ticket on Sir Richard Branson’s Virgin Galactic spaceship, resembled a giddy schoolgirl today as she sat and watched a simulated flight of the aircraft.
The 56-year-old fashion shop owner from Brisbane was a star guest at a technology launch by Virgin Galactic in Sydney, which included a digital simulation of the two-hour flight that will cost her $A277,400.
But she has no doubts it will be money well spent.
“I have always wanted to go up into space,†Ms Ambe said. “I’m old enough to remember the first manned flights (to the moon). The only day I wagged school in my whole life was when my father gave me permission to … the day they walked on the moon.â€
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