"Space. The final frontier..."

Mojave, California was the stage today for the latest offering from the Virgin empire with the first look at the Virgin Galactic spacecraft that promises future space travel for all...

The sleek, bullet-shaped spacecraft is about the size of a large business jet - with wide windows and seats for six well-heeled passengers to take a thrill ride into space...

It's billed as the world's first commercial spaceship, designed to be carried aloft by an exotic jet before firing its rocket engine to climb beyond the Earth's atmosphere...

In a Hollywood-style rollout, Virgin Galactic on Monday took the cloak off SpaceShipTwo, which had been under secret development for two years in the Mojave Desert...

The company plans to sell suborbital space rides for $200,000 a ticket, offering passengers 2 1/2-hour flights that include about five minutes of weightlessness...

Blaring music and a laser show heralded the rollout of SpaceShipTwo as it glided down a runway mated to its mothership and came to a stop before a throng of wannabe astronauts, dignitaries and VIPs who shivered in the desert cold for the splashy unveil...

To find out more, please go to http://www.examiner.com/a-2359904~Virgin_Galactic_unveils_commercial_spaceship.html?cid=rss-US

Barticus.

"Bargain hotels in space...."

The Galactic Suite Space Resort along with the financial clout of a mystery billionaire are now offering a three night stay in their space station from 2012 for a mere 3 million euros..

For your money you also get a eight-week training course on a tropical island before the trip, with the trip itself guaranteeing you the chance to experience fifteen sunrises a day..

Although many readers might think that this idea will never take off (ha ha) there are already 43 people booked, with a further 200 expressing an interest.

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/travel/article-1224629/Galactic-Suite-Space-Resort-hotel-2012-First-space-hotel-open-tourists.html

Barticus.