Two days ago,
Monday, April 29, 2013, space tourism
company, Virgin Galactic's
successful test flight
commercial spacecraft, SpaceShipTwo. (Click also
PHOTO: Virgin Galactic,
Sightseeing Plane Space.
Virgin Galactic
announced ticket prices
SpaceShipTwo spacecraft will rise 25 percent within the next week, reported by Space, May
2, 2013.
Initially, airfares
only U.S. $
200,000, equivalent to R1, 9
billion. That is, starting next week the
price will be U.S. $ 250,000, equivalent to Rp2, 5 billion per person.
The price increase was
motivated by the success of the pilot of the plane that
carried SpaceShipTwo at the Mojave Air and Space
Port in Mojave,
California, USA. Because
of the trial, immediately flooded Virgin
praise and positive
response from many quarters.
"Next week, the company will set a new
price of U.S. $
250,000 for the first 1,000 people who will
be flown. Increase in price is very good for
the progress of the company in
the future," said Sir Richard Branson,
founder of Virgin Galactic.
According to Virgin
Galactic website, currently, there are already 580 people who provide
deposits to make
the flight with SpaceShipTwo.
"In the future, prices will not rise above U.S. $
250,000. Fact, we hope that in the future the price could drop to
the initial price of U.S. $ 200,000, so that space
flight has more interest,"
said Branson.
SpaceShipTwo is
designed to use electric motors to launch
rockets. The aircraft can carry six passengers
and two pilots. The
aircraft will fly to reach a height of 361,000
feet, the equivalent of 110 kilometers.
The first successful
test of SpaceShipTwo makes Virgin flooded
registrants to fly
into space. If on
schedule, SpaceShipTwo start
commercial operation by the end of 2013 or
early 2014.
Sources :
http://teknologi.news.viva.co.id/news/read/409636-tamasya-ke-luar-angkasa--ini-harga-tiketnya
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