Tourist spaceship on show for star trekker wannabes

TRAVELLERS fed up with congested roads and packed public transport were offered a glimpse yesterday of an out-of-this-world experience — the prospect of the first tourist spaceship.

A mock-up cabin of the Virgin Galactic SpaceShipTwo went on display in the Science Museum in central London, giving visitors a taste of what life will be like for the first recreational astronauts.

The spaceship will be unveiled at the end of this year in the Mojave Desert in California with test flights beginning next year.