Picked this up on the web, nice to see the MAV guys getting some serious backing.

Any suggestions for in flight entertainment? Alian 1,2 and 3?

What about suggestions for in flight food?



Sir Richard Branson has announced a deal, potentially worth £14 million, to secure the world's first commercial flights to space.

   
Sir Richard Branson hopes to send 3,000 astronauts to space in five years
He revealed his outer space business venture during a press gathering at the Royal Aeronautical Society in Central London this morning.

The licensing deal with Mojave Aerospace Ventures (MAV), which owns the technology, could be worth millions over the next 15 years depending on the number of spaceships built by Virgin.

Prices for each seat are expected to start at £115,000 with three days' flight training. Up to 3,000 astronauts could be flying in space over a five-year period.

Sir Richard said: "We hope to create thousands of astronauts over the next few years and bring alive their dream of seeing the majestic beauty of our planet from above, the stars in all their glory and the amazing sensation of weightlessness.

"The development will also allow every country in the world to have their own astronauts rather than the privileged few."

He was flanked by aviation legend Burt Rutan, who developed the spaceship design. His company, Scaled Composites, have built one and it reached a height of 62 miles in June.

In a separate agreement, MAV is close to finalising a deal with Burt Rutan to use the technology to build spaceships to carry paying passengers on return journeys to the stars for two hours.