A few days ago, billionaire investor Sir Richard Branson and his company Virgin Galactic unveiled the world’s first commercial rocket space plane, dubbed SpaceShipTwo.

Brought outside the hanger in Mojave, California for the first time, SpaceShipTwo was presented to the public on December 7th, 2009. It’s twice as large as it’s predecessor, SpaceShipOne, and will be available for eager space tourists after a planned 18-month testing phase.

At the moment, tickets for a trip into space cost a relatively cheap $200,000 considering trips aboard the Russian Soyuz spacecraft have costs previous space tourists roughly $20-$35 million. Richard Branson has stated that prices will eventually drop for flights aboard SpaceShipTwo to allow even more people to realize their dreams of going into space.

If you have $200,000 lying around and you want to go to space, you can book a flight with Virgin Galactic on their website:
http://www.virgingalactic.com/booking/

I could go on writing, but I think watching these videos will fill you in on everything:

Virgin Galactic’s Introduction to SpaceShipTwo and Commercial Space Travel:

Virgin Galactic’s Video News Release of the SpaceShipTwo unveil:

Virgin Galactic’s Promotional Trailer with Richard Branson: