Virgin's Richard Branson and designer Burt Rutan (by Dave Malkoff at Flickr)
Uhh... I think we're gonna need a bigger map. Our developer Craig may have to increase Where I've Been's zoom scale by a couple hundred thousand miles, to be exact. Luckily for him, there aren't any intergalactic restaurants just yet (that we know of).
Virgin Galactic's six-person sub-orbital space craft, called the VSS Enterprise, lost its space virginity last week, officially solidifying the science-fiction world we live in. It was just a test-run for the company's plan to pump out minutes-long space tours beginning in 2012.
Virgin has already collected $45 million in deposits from a bunch of those "When I grow up, I want to be an astronaut!" people. Isn't keeping $200,000 and watching Star Trek enough? Apparently not: By 2021, travel analysts predict that demand will increase to 13,000 passengers per year.
Spacefare costs $200,000 per 'naut, with an additional $10,000 for every checked bag (okay, not just yet).
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