Virgin Launching Space Tourism In Mid-2012

With the completion of "Spaceship One" and "Spaceship Two" Richard Bronson announced that his commercial space flights will begin in mid-2012, and that the fares will be at $200,000. Bronson has already collected $45M in deposits from 300 people who want on a suborbital flight. Bronson also noted that he wants to build hotels on the moon, and launch some satellites into space for the benefit of schools and universities.