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Branson Pushes Space Tourism a Step Further

With the unveiling of his new space aircraft in California’s Mojave Desert on Monday, July 28, Branson moved a step closer to his dream of operating the world’s first commercial space airline.

“We’re naming it Eve after my mother Eve Branson and because it stands for a first and new beginning,” Branson said at the unveiling.

the German dpa news agency reported

Eve, which is also named White Knight Two, is the mother ship for the smaller Space Ship Two spacecraft, which is designed to be projected into sub-orbital space at about 100 km (60 miles) above the Earth.

Although Virgin Galactic’s commercial space flights aren’t set to take off until 2010, passengers can already book their tickets for $200,000 (approx. 136,000 euros). That buys them a two-hour flight and roughly four minutes floating in zero gravity.

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