Has anyone checked out the SpaceShipTwo and White Knight Two that Virgin plans on rolling out in 2009. I know that SpaceShipTwo is a space shuttle that will be for tourists and will orbit the earth, giving tourists a seven minutes to experience zero gravity. From what I read, they plan on testing this summer! And tickets will only run you $200,000. Anyone have a spare $200,000 I can borrow?

We'll see what happens. Although after reading about this I did a little digging and found articles from '97 that talk about how we are going to have hotels in orbit for tourists as soon as 2004! Hmm...that didn't happen. On that note, the flying cars that we were supposed to get by 2000 didn't happen either. But Virgin seems to be making headway, and you can reserve tickets. (Couldn't you put a deposit on a flying car in the early 90s?). We'll see. Maybe I'll be able to retire on the Moon, or better yet, Mars!

Anyway, with all my doubts, it would still be alright if you guys donated $200,000 to me, just in case this doesn't bomb!

hehe, this is not a very high price I guess but I can't afford such a trip;
And even if I could I don't really think I'm gonna go in outerspace if there's no need...