Virgin plans €175,000 space trips by 2007

SPACE tourism could be the next giant leap for mankind under a plan unveiled yesterday by Virgin boss Richard Branson.

Virgin plans €175,000 space trips by 2007
Tue, 28 Sep, 2004 - 01:00
Katherine Danks

The entrepreneur said he wanted to bring space travel within the reach of the general public.

Branson, famed for his daredevil world-record attempts, launched Virgin Galactic at the Royal Aeronautical Society in central London yesterday.

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