Richard Branson, British entrepreneur with model of proposed Virgin space vehicle.
Space Tourism Story aired: Tuesday, February 13, 2007
Private business has moved into outer space, an area long controlled solely by government. Companies like Virgin Galactic, the space era spin-off of Virgin Atlantic, plans to send tourists on sub-orbital flights within the next three years.
We speak to Pam Hurley Moser of Maine, who has just completed training to be one of Virgin Galactic's travel agents ,and Loretta Whitesides, who has booked a spot with Virgin in 2009. We also speak to James Oberg, a rocket scientist who used to work for Nasa.
