Journal # 10 Due Date 03/28/2010

The article that I've read is about taking a new type of flight. The flight mechanism that has been created by the dreams of Richard Branson. This type of flight will take passengers to space and back. At a small fee of two- hundred thousand dollars, compared to NASA at least. The flight will hold six passengers per flight. Branson wanted to create a flight that any person can experience. In the article it states that there are approximately eighty thousand people on the waiting list. Before any tourist can climb aboard they must take a course three days prior to that time. The name of the phenomenon is Virgin Galatica. In the article it states that this pass Monday the flight successfully completed a carrier flights, meaning the VSS enterprise stayed attached to the carrier the entire two hour and fifty-four min fight at an altitude of fourty-five thousand feet. After continuous testing the flight will reach an altitude of sixty thousand feet. Mr. Branson wants to make this form of travel a know way of tourism for people everywhere, there will be further testing through two thousand and eleven, the date of the first flight hasnt officially been released.


http://www.cnn.com/2010/TECH/space/03/23/virgin.space.flight/index.html?npt=NP1

I feel that this article was just as effective as the invention itself. I think that this is the next big thing in technology. Im sure there are many people in the United States alone that have wanted to do space traveling and never had the chance to do so. This will be a great opportunity for those citizens. This would also be a great tourist attraction. I think that it was very thoughtful of Mr. Branson to bring this dream to life at a reasonable price for those who can afford it . The article didnt say much about the safety procedures and if the passangers have to sign a waiver, becuase the flight results are up in the air literally. In all I think this is the new big invention that everyone would love to watch even if they cant get on the flight themselves.