Posted: 6.10pm Tuesday 29 July 2008
Editorial
Space travel: say goodbye to the rich
Virgin’s Richard Branson is laying on a three and half hour trip 70 miles up into the stratosphere to the edge of space for the world’s super-rich, where travellers can experience just four to six minutes of weightlessness.
If you want to book your seat you need to put down a deposit of £100,000, which is a fraction of the final cost.
The damage to the environment will be considerable.
But it might all be worth it – providing they were one-way tickets.
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