Virgin Galactic Is Selling Space Tourism Tickets for $450K

Virgin Galactic has revealed that so far 100 people have each handed over $450,000 for a flight on its rocket-powered suborbital spaceplane. That brings the total number of reservations for its upcoming space tourism service to 700, with the other 600 having paid $250,000 before the seat price was raised to $450,000 in the summer.