Last year Burt Rutan and his team won the X-Prize by taking SpaceShipOne over 62 miles above the Earth. Twice in a fourteen day period. Virgin Galactic has licensed the technology and is preparing for the first commercial flights to space in 2008. At a cost of $200,000 dollars (requires a $20,000 down payment) only the most wealthy will be able to take the trip. As for everyone else, including me, we will have to wait until tickets come down to say, $2,000.

From the site:

The first flights are planned to begin in 2008. We are now starting to take reservations and deposit commitments for the first year of operations. The ticket price has been set at US$200,000 and the minimum, fully refundable deposit to secure your spaceship seat is US$20,000.

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