Virgin Galactic's SpaceShipTwo is a space plane built to carry passengers to the region bounded by outer space. The aircraft was developed based on SpaceShipOne was designed by Burt Rutan
The company is planning for the first flight in the summer after the auction service provider to become the only astronaut.
The trip will last about 3.5 hours to adjacent regions of space outside the earth and then come back. Customers will have to pay about $ 200,000 per person. This 18m long aircraft can carry six passengers plus two pilots.
According to statistics from the website of Virgin Galactic's had about 430 people booked. In October last year, the company also announced an agreement with NASA flight Rent a contract worth $ 4.5 million. Virgin Galacticco plans to start operations in the U.S. spaceport in New Mexico in 2013.
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