Virgin Galactic, Which Will Be Operating Spaceshiptwo,

A Nasa Astronaut And A Russian Cosmonaut Can't Be Creative. He Has To Follow A Predetermined Detailed Checklist Written By An Engineer And If He Gets A Little Creative He'll Never Fly Again.

When You Have A Transportation System That The Price Of Propellant Is Essentially Negligible Something Is Very Wrong. If You Look At Any Other Transportation System, A Car, A Motorcycle, A Train, An Oil Tanker, An Airliner, You Name It; About A Quarter To A Third Of The Operating Cost Is Buying The Propellant.

The Criticism Is, Once I Get Something Flying, I Lose Interest In It.

With Any Luck, By The Time Nasa's Space Probe Hits Pluto, You'll Be Booking A Spaceflight With A Privately Run Suborbital Airline.

Flight Out Of The Atmosphere Is A Simple Thing To Do And Should Have Been Available To The Public Twenty Years Ago. Ten Years From Now, We Will Have Space Tourism Where You Will Be Able To See The Black Sky And The Curvature Of The Earth. It Will Be The Most Exciting Roller Coaster Ride You Can Buy.