For as long as space travel was just a fanciful idea enjoy watching it only in science fiction movies, but this has become a fantasy.Already after the fact that Virgin Galactic Virgin Galactic announced the airline's first commercial space ship in the world!
What is Virgin Galactic plane
Spaceship consists of double hull plane, carrying in the middle of a winged rocket, and the mode of operation for no less bizarre shape!
Where the plane to rise until double hull 50,000 feet, and then separated the winged rocket, which in the middle of it to fly at speeds of 3,200 kilometers per hour for ten seconds and then rushes into space!
The trip will take about two hours and a half, serving passengers, including five minutes in weightlessness in outer space to enjoy watching the planet as seen from space!
Founder "Virgin Galactic ship:
British entrepreneur Sir Richard Branson, the owner of a group "Virgin" to fly to his new company, "Virgin Galactic" will specialize in the field of tourism in space. The company plans to build an airport or a base to launch flights either in Saudi Arabia or the United Arab Emirates during the next two years. Branson said he planned to do first tourism space flight at the end of this year, which will be launched from the desert of California.
Branson said during a visit to Saudi Arabia last week, "We're still on a journey to discover the region, but in the near future will be to start the project, and the Kingdom of qualified and available for the potential to build that station."
As for the space trip is expected to take three hours the vehicle carrying eight members take off to 16,000 meters high and then sail into space quickly 2500 miles per hour, which is three times the speed of sound.
And passengers will feel the lack of weight for three minutes and spend some time looking through the windows to the scenic space. Required before take-off to take the tourists do exercises for three days and undergo medical examinations to ensure that they physically fit.
According to NASA, the US reports that tourism can generate a huge amount of profit for its investors as it is expected that the average profit of the sector as a whole to US $ 10 billion annually in the next two decades.
The US government is testing the "Virgin Galactic" ship in the desert, "Nevada", which is about a spaceship know the huge size,
And carry inside many vehicles that can automatically launch in space, such as rockets and other, without the need for a fixed location on the ground fired him.
Reached the vehicle to an altitude of 50 thousand feet above the ground before the launch of the rocket, which afford, after separation from the main vehicle, moved fast ship 2500 mph, high 62 miles from the Earth's surface, and was able to also have access to the high 68 miles, a distance that loses the pilots control themselves because of the lack of gravity, before returning to the Earth's gravitational grip of a new, cost has exceeded 200 thousand dollars.
Comes to mind is often a logical question: How much is the cost of this trip?
The answer is that Sttoukonha mostly are: $ 200,000 for a ticket!
But who would not expect (mostly too!) Is that there are 300 people who have bought tickets already, while there is a waiting list of 80,000 people as the company announced!
(Who says that there is a financial crisis in the world? !!)
It is worth mentioning that the "wells" Emirati group acquired a stake of the shares of Virgin Galactic company for $ 280 million.