Some 600 people have already bought tickets worth $200,000 to $250,000 for private flights on Virgin Galactic — the company founded by British billionaire Richard Branson — to see space.
And thousands more are on a waiting list!
Virgin Galactic, as well as Blue Origin, are the two companies building spacecraft capable of sending private clients on suborbital flights to the edge of space lasting several minutes.
The mainly wealthy first-time space travelers are getting ready to take part in one of several private missions that are preparing to launch.
