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• 6 seats + 2(crew)

• "Age is not a consideration and the vast majority of reasonably healthy fit and healthy people will be able to take the trip to space and back without any problem."

• Name: Virgin Spaceship Enterprise (model design name: Spaceship Two) is attached to Virgin Mothership Eve (model design: Knight something)

• Eligiable for space tourism, space science and small satellite lauch

• Spaceports:New Mexico and Abu Dhabi

• Risks: Safety (we prefer not to fly if we feel you the customer are at risk)

• Operation: Detachment at 50 000 ft - no need to ground launch; less risky – 50 000 ft is above most of the Earth's atmosphere; it glides on the way down (in case of problems it's safer)

• Green technology

• VG's Goal: To end the exclusivity attached to manned space travel, which means designing a vehicle which can fly almost anyone to space and back safely without the need for special expertise or exhaustive , time consuming training

• 93% of people (n=88) are eligiable to fly – from age 22 to 88 years old.

• 3 days of pre flight preparation

• Since 2005 people have been booking their tickets – VG has been inviting them to media events

• Price: $200 000 + $20 000 refundable deposit

• Experience: No boundaries across territories; complete silence, ability to see the curviness of the world – You're life will never be the same

• Emissions per passenger per trip are 0,8 tons of CO2 – less than a one way flight from London to New York

• Science – better understanding of

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