Virgin Galactic unveils spaceship
NEW YORK - Within a few years, a handful of rich tourists may be blasting into space in a craft that looks a little like a cross between the space shuttle and a corporate jet.

British billionaire Richard Branson and the aerospace designer Burt Rutan unveiled a model Wednesday of Spaceship two, the vehicle they hope will be able to take passengers on suborbital joy rides, sheerly for the fun of it, with test flights beginning as soon as this year.

This is really interesting but I'm too much of a coward to enjoy such an experience. I am curious how much a trip to outer space costs though.