Virgin Galactic Holdings Inc. said Thursday it is selling seats on its space-tourism flights for $450,000 and up, and reported a “surge in consumer interest” following its initial suborbital flight.
“As we endeavor to bring the wonder of space to a broad global population, we are delighted to open the door to an entirely new industry and consumer experience,” Chief Executive Michael Colglazier said in a statement. The stock jumped more than 5% in the extended session Thursday despite a wider-than-expected quarterly loss for the space company.
Virgin’s next spaceflight is targeted for late September, the company said. As previously disclosed, the flight will be a paid mission for the Italian Air Force.
$450k for a 10 minute ride in low earth orbit? Sure, I’m feeling stupid today.
elonmusk daddydoge was in space today. The toy is for your son! daddydogetoken
So, we’re gonna ban gasoline cars, but we’ll allow any moron to dump tons of CO2 into the atmosphere for fun?
Will they take Tripcoin as payment
good