Glenys Ambe… a 56-year-old Brisbane woman who stayed home from school so that she could watch Neil Armstrong walk on the moon… is the latest of 15 Australians… and the first Aussie woman… to book a seat on the Virgin Galactic spaceship… scheduled for its initial commercial launch late in 2011… or 2012.
Ms Ambe, who bought the ticket to celebrate her 60th birthday in 2012… expects her 4 minute ride in space to be “the experience of a lifetime” for her.
Each flight will carry be crewed by 2 pilots, and will carry just six passengers… as it flies over 100 kilometres above Earth.
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By: OneLeft - 9th May 2009 at 10:42
almost as expensive as a Loganair flight from Campbeltown airport
Personally I’d rather do the Loganair flight though.
1L.
By: Ren Frew - 9th May 2009 at 08:29
That’s a lot of money for a brief trip out of Campbeltown airport, almost as expensive as a Loganair flight from Campbeltown airport….:rolleyes::D
By: EGTC - 9th May 2009 at 01:49
Wow $300,000? I wonder if she’ll be willing to help me pay for the rest of my flying training.
Mind you though, if you’ve got the money to go into space, why not, afterall, its not something everyone gets to do.
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May 9, 2009 at 1:33 am