The company Virgin Galactic plans to offer tourist flights in space from 2021. Some 600 people have already bought their tickets, for the sum of 250,000 dollars each. Such an initiative would kick off commercial flights.

Will it soon be possible to travel in space? If SpaceX's recent performance has been reviving the wildest dreams in recent days, some have long had the goal of going into space for fun. The Virgin Galactic company has announced that it will be able to make a first tourist flight of this type in the first quarter of 2021. However, it will not be a trip to orbit around the Earth.

A ticket to space that costs $ 250,000

The Virgin Galactic ship will be dropped at altitude, but still in the atmosphere, by a carrier plane and then it will ignite its rocket engine for about a minute to climb straight up to the sky and reach space. The engines will then be cut for a few minutes, which will create a feeling of weightlessness. The ship will then descend and hover to the airstrip. 

Providing safety without distraction, quietly absorbing periods of sensory intensity, and offering each astronaut a level of intimacy required for personal discovery and transformation. Take a look at the interior design of our spaceship cabin. https://t.co/mHy1c3JWUBpic.twitter.com/CQfDjTCZg3

- Virgin Galactic (@virgingalactic) July 28, 2020

At the highest in the sky, passengers will be able to unbuckle their seatbelts to float, promises billionaire Richard Branson, founder of Virgin Galactic. It is he who will perform the maiden flight. Some 600 people have already booked their tickets to the space for the modest sum of $ 250,000 each ... but only six seats per flight will be available.

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A long-standing project

Tourists will have a spectacular view of the Earth. Each seat is near a large window and a camera is attached so that each passenger can be photographed with the Earth in the background. The project has long been matured by Richard Branson, but he is not the only one. Amazon boss Jeff Bezos is also engaged in the space tourism race. Richard Branson has repeatedly pushed back the date of the first tourist trip to space. In 2014, his ship had an accident, causing the death of one of the pilots. This time, he says that in the fall, two tests will take place with two manned flights, before the billionaire himself takes off at the beginning of the year 2021.