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(2013·重庆模拟)
Want to take an out-of-this-world trip? Richard Branson’s Virgin Galactic plans to make that possible. Beginning in 2009, people should have the opportunity to become space tourists, traveling at about 3, 000 mph to heights about 75 miles above the Earth. Branson has high hopes for his latest plans. “It is just the start of what we believe will be a new age in the history of mankind—one day making the affordable exploration of space by human beings a real possibility, ”he said.
At the start, though, the trip won’t be cheap. Seats aboard Virgin’s first craft—VSS Enterprise—will cost about $200, 000. Prices could drop after the first hundred space flights. Despite the current ticket cost, more than 30, 000 people—including celebrities(名人)Sigourney Weaver and Victoria Principal—have
