Fly me to the moon...

It's finally happening! Space tourism!!
Yes, Virgin Galactic is currently taking reservations for suborbital trips to space!

Though likely still out of most of our reach (at $200,000/ticket, your Savosaurus Savings Account would have to be working some serious magic), the "rich people" are actually doing us a service by spending such a ridiculous amount of money for such a fleeting (but awesome!) experience.

This opportunity is being seen as an important gateway into a time when the earth doesn't necessarily bound us in terms of "commoner" exploration. The privatization of space travel systems is the first step in a fundamental shift in how we view space exploration; you don't have to become an astronaut to get to know the universe above us. Amazing.

"This is a big deal, and the American people should be excited about it," said Charles Miller, NASA's senior adviser for commercial space. "If you get the Steve Jobs and Bill Gates and Sergey Brins of American entrepreneurs working on space travel for the American people in partnership with the U.S. government, that's a good thing, which is why it was done."

We know the rules of supply and demand: If more tickets are purchased, ticket prices will go down. This can snowball so that one day you could feasibly choose a trip to space instead of a trip to Europe. Think about it-- if this becomes commonplace... what's next? Mind spinning, huh?

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