Virgin Galactic says no to space porn movie offer

With space flights scheduled for 2009 it was bound to happen… Someone came up with an idea of making galactic porn and supposedly offered Virgin Galactic $1 million for a “location setting”.

Taking under consideration that regular flight on Virgin Galactic will cost $200,000, $1 million does not look very profitable… Let me think; two actors plus camera man plus light man plus sound man plus director plus wardrobe plus set designer plus props master plus make-up artist plus at least one assistant… No wonder Virgin Galactic refused, offer came at least $1million short.

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End of $40,000,000-a-flight space tourism

Due to national criticism of the space tourism project, Russia is scrapping the $40,000,000-a-flight space tourism enterprise.

There are just 2 year left, so better hurry up everyone!

Buy your Space ticket on the High Street

Tickets for a 2 hours Space journey on board the Virgin Galactic SpaceShipTwo will be available on the High Street. About 45 travel agents in U.S and 100 worldwide are getting their certifications.

The commercial flights should begin in 2010 from the Spaceport America in New Mexico. Current ticket price is around £100,000. Personally, I am waiting till they open route 'Newcastle to Venus'! In the meantime this is how Virgin Galactic portrays what flying into Space on board SS2 will be like.

To infinity, and beyond! - next space tourist begins his training

Stuck for holiday's ideas? Bored with beaches of Goa or buzz of Magaluf? So why not try something new?

An American space tourist has begun his preparation for spaceflight. Richard Garriott will spend six weeks training for flight aboard a Soyuz spacecraft.

Garriott is paying cool $30 million for 9 days ‘holidays” and is contemplating a $15 million spacewalk as an additional extra.

"This year is definitely where all my priorities and schedules have rotated to where space becomes the top priority and terrestrial activities become secondary. […] There's no aspect of the actual training that I perceive that's going to be scary or intimidating, I just look at it as going to be really smooth from here."

Buy the launch, Garriott must familiarise himself with all working aspect of Russian Soyuz spacecraft and the International Space Station, and the Russian language.

You can read more about Richard Garriott's mission preparations at his personal website: www.richardinspace.com