Calgary teen set to become the first space tourist
An 18 year old teen aged boy has become the first space tourist in Alberta as he gets ready to blast off with commercial space travel company Virgin Galactic the next year or two, a travel agent confirmed.
“He’s an 18-year-old from Calgary, going with his family. They’re booked to go,” said Michael Broadhurst of Calgary-based Vision 2000 Travel, the Prairie representative for British entrepreneur Sir Richard Branson’s spacecraft flights.
The names of the boy and hos family have been kept confidential. The teenager will be in the company of nine Calgarians have also signed up to become space tourists. The trips cost $200,000 a ticket and it will include training and a flight up to about 100 kilometres above Earth. Space travelers should be 18 years of age before they can fly and the space tourists are also required to have the Federal Aviation Administration approval and safety certification.
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