Comments on: Virgin Galactic in Australia http://www.newspacejournal.com/2006/08/11/virgin-galactic-in-australia/ Tracking the entrepreneurial space industry Fri, 12 Sep 2014 14:33:32 +0800 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.0.38 By: Jeff Foust http://www.newspacejournal.com/2006/08/11/virgin-galactic-in-australia/comment-page-1/#comment-8437 Sat, 12 Aug 2006 02:22:45 +0000 http://www.personalspaceflight.info/2006/08/11/virgin-galactic-in-australia/#comment-8437 Peter: The prices mentioned in the post are in Australian dollars (hence the use of “A$”). At current exchange rates US$200,000 is approximately A$260,000, so there’s been no price increase of any significance.

]]> By: Peter http://www.newspacejournal.com/2006/08/11/virgin-galactic-in-australia/comment-page-1/#comment-8408 Fri, 11 Aug 2006 19:20:59 +0000 http://www.personalspaceflight.info/2006/08/11/virgin-galactic-in-australia/#comment-8408 Great, the price has gone up. No doubt a brokers fee but don’t tell me the travel agent gets the 64,000$? Can we still order the ticket direct for $200,000? Or is this in Aussie dollars and not yet corrected to American dollars?

It’s a shame that some of the bloggers on that article don’t have any vision. They can’t see what a wonderful time period this is when we’re taking our first small steps into space. Even if the price never comes down low enough for me to go I feel privileged to be here while it’s happening and will be VERY EXCITED when I see the first tourists land on the moon!

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