COULD PASSENGER FLIGHTS FROM NEW MEXICO’S SPACEPORT AMERICA BE JUST SIX MONTHS AWAY?? THAT’S WHAT BILLIONAIRE RICHARD BRANSON TOLD A BUSINESS FORUM LAST WEEK, ACCORDING TO KRQE TV.
BRANSON’S VIRGIN GALACTIC IS THE ANCHOR TENANT AT THE SPACEPORT. IF PASSENGER SPACE FLIGHTS DO EVENTUALLY HAPPEN, THEY WON’T BE FOR EVERYBODY. TICKETS COST AROUND A QUARTER OF A MILLION DOLLARS.