by Karuna Thapa
Kathmandu, February 17
Bookings for space passengers have been resumed by Virgin Galactic. The corporation has opened booking for additional tickets worth 4.5 million each, after selling 600 tickets in the first phase. The ticket entitles you to a 90-minute rocket voyage into space. From February 16, the business will begin accepting second-phase ticket reservations.
The first round’s ticket sales ranged from 2 million to 2.5 million. One and a half million dollars must be paid immediately for the second stage ticket purchase, and the remaining 300,000 must be paid before the flight. According to CEO Michael Colgalazier, the business wants to sell 1,000 seats before beginning commercial spaceflight.
The Virgin Galactic Company launched a commercial space tourism trip in July, sending a team into space that included the company’s founder, Sir Richard Branson. The spacecraft was claimed to have flown for 41 seconds outside of its pre-determined area, and a warning light in the cockpit went out during the journey.
The US Federal Aviation Administration ordered all of the company’s flights to be stopped and initiated an inquiry as soon as the incident was made public. Following the examination, the Federal Aviation Administration issued Virgin Galactic a clean bill of health in September. Following that, the business declared that commercial flights will be delayed due to technical issues. The company’s first commercial space voyage is now scheduled to begin in October.
Virgin Galactic Public Company said in 2019 that commercial service would begin in 2020. In 2004, the Virgin Galactic Company was founded. The news of a resumption of ticket bookings boosted Virgin Galactic’s stock by 30% on Tuesday. The company’s logo has also been updated.
Blue Origin, the firm founded by Jeff Bezos and seen as a competitor to Virgin Galactic in the sector of space tourism, has so far completed three successful space flights, including trips for celebrities and paid passengers. Blue Origin, on the other hand, has not revealed the cost of a ticket to its rocket. (Sourced from CNN)
