To infinity and beyond.
Virgin Galactic is once again booking trips into space — and business is booming.
Although Virgin Galactic was forced to stop selling space tickets after its first test flight in 2018, on Wednesday, it stated it had reopened sales.
The space tourism company, founded by British billionaire Richard Branson, claims it has booked 600 reservations over 60 nations, reported ABC News.
Although the firm has yet to announce the price tag for each ticket, the most recent offerings went for an out-of-this world $250,000 a pop, according to ABC.
Virgin Galactic noted that it also has received approximately 8,000 online “reservation of interest” registrations over the past year.
The munch-ballyhooed company paired up with Under Armour in 2019 to create practical, yet stylish spacesuits for would-be fliers.
“Spacesuits are a part of the iconography of the first space age; our visual impressions of human spaceflight and what astronauts wear are inextricably linked,” said CEO Branson last October. “Requirements for astronaut spacewear as we enter the second space age are evolving, but the design challenge has not diminished.”
Virgin Galactic previously has said it expects to launch its first space tourists later this year.
Its mission statement for its program One Small Step “allows us to help qualify and build confidence in our direct sales pipeline, as well as to ensure that those who are most keen to make reservations, are able to do so at the earliest opportunity,” said Virgin Galactic commercial director Stephen Attenborough.
