Virgin Galactic, known for taking non-professional people into space, aiming to provide a space trip outside the atmosphere. Richard Branson by 2004 founded in USA based company continues to work to make space enthusiasts live their dreams.
The company offers space travel as a commercial service. 2005tickets starting to be sold in 2014 until about 600 had reached the buyer. Now is Virgin Galacticfor future space travel 100 more tickets sold it. Moreover, ticket prices have also increased. Here are the new ticket prices and details…
Bad news from Virgin Galactic’s first commercial space flight!
Virgin Galactic had to delay the process as it was about to take action for the first commercial spaceflight it had been working on for a while.
New price for Virgin Galactic tickets
in late 2022 An additional 100 tickets have been added to the anticipated commercial space travel ticket sales. Moreover, ticket prices 2005 It has grown considerably since the first sales started in 2018. Virgin Galacticannounced its financial results.
2005 and 2014 The price of approximately 600 tickets sold between the years of 200 thousand – 250 thousand dollars happened between If the current space trip seat price is 450 thousand dollarsa came out. This figure corresponds to almost double the wage in previous years. Despite this, the company doesn’t seem to have a hard time finding buyers. The 100 tickets sold are a clear indication of this. AFP (Agence France – Presse) according to the information obtained by the news agency, the company has a total 700 tickets sold it.
CEO of Virgin Galactic Michael Colglazierspoke on the subject. He mentioned that the commercial service, which is planned to be given next year, is testing the durability and reliability of the vehicles in order to be more reliable. He added that they aim to draw a clear roadmap in this regard. colglazier, emphasized that the demand for space travel is high and that they are selling seats faster than they expected.
Other names in space tourism
The space tourism industry has been getting more and more popular lately. The most known names of this lane Blue Origin and SpaceXcontrary to Virgin Galacticuses different tools. The spacecraft used by the company lifts horizontally. This gigantic vehicle, which can reach high altitudes, leaves the space plane that powers the rocket after leaving the atmosphere.
Blue Origin‘s suborbital rocket New Shepard The cost of the tickets is unknown. However Virgin Galactic A higher figure than ticket prices is estimated. In an online auction, $28 million for 2 tickets paid. But the auction winner delayed the flight.
SpaceX‘of Falcon 9 standing on Crew Dragon If the seats of the spacecraft 10 million dollarsIt is estimated to cost a Looking at the competitors, Virgin GalacticWe can say that it will be the most affordable choice in the space tourism sector.