GIVE ME SPACE
In early January, Virgin Galactic aircraft VSS Unity completed its seventh successful test flight above California’s Mojave Desert, safely gliding to Earth from an altitude of 40,000 feet in conditions designed to simulate suborbital travel.
It was a milestone that brought the Richard Branson-owned company one step closer to its goal of offering civilian space flights by April 2018 — a move the billionaire entrepreneur believes will “democratise space travel”. With seats aboard the proposed maiden launch going for around $380,000, and a passenger list including famed physicist Stephen Hawking and actors Brad Pitt and Ashton Kutcher, such a
