It Sounds Too Good to be True if It is Attainable

The idea behind the undertaking is to allow ordinary people to afford the $200,000 ticket, either by air miles they are accumulating using Virgin Atlantic when it reaches two million, or through public lotteries, or by signing up to a reality television programs. There will be many such incentives to put tickets on the hands of enough ordinary folks so that they would join on the 90 miles space-flight that is slated to begin in 2009. The would be passenger that are believed not to need a protective spacesuit might need a three day training for the flight whose speed could reach 3000 miles an hour. One of the surprises will be once reaching the 90 miles latitude, passengers will be allowed to take off their belt and experience a six-minute no gravity floating in the cabin. The organizers believe that giving as many people as possible (200 people are already registered) a chance to go up there and see how the atmosphere is thinning will raise environmental consciousness.

It is not only that Sir Branson who has promised to give $3 billion of the Virgin Groups’ profit for environmental causes, one of which is to come up with a clean fuel system is planning to use such a fuel for the vehicles that will be leaving for the journey. The effort is compared to the amount of fuel the space shuttles are using on take off, which is not only polluting but the quantity is said to be enough to power a big city like NY.