Virgin Galactic‘s space plane when it begins commercial flights.Judy Anderson, a retired University of Manitoba professor, has been saving for her trip to space since 2010, when she first found out about billionaire Richard Branson’s plans to take people off the planet.“I’m so looking forward to it,” Anderson said.Anderson purchased ticket 623 for $200,000 USD at the time with a $20,000 down payment.
She’ll have to pay the rest in full about three months before her flight.“We have over half in U.S. dollars,” she said. ”I’ll eat macaroni and cheese for the rest of my life.” Billionaire space race: Virgin Galactic’s Richard Branson reaches the stars Branson joined five company employees for a successful test flight Sunday morning, which.