Where would we be without eccentric entrepreneurs? Stuck on our own planet, that’s where.
Forget Russia, China and the United States, the real space race is between rich people trying to launch out-of-this-world tourism projects.
One choice seems to be to fly to Mars with Elon Musk, which seems punishment enough even before you consider it’s probably a one-way trip.
Another, more practical but still financially inaccessible for most of us, is to briefly enter space just outside of Earth’s atmosphere for a joyride courtesy of Richard Branson.
Virgin Galactic’s SpaceShip Two VSS Unity has, apparently, just touched the edge of space, putting his project ahead of both Musk’s SpaceX and Jeff Bezos’s Blue Origin program.
My question is: even if it is technically possible, and affordable, would you want to go?
