David Bowie, it seems, has no desire to be a real-life Major Tom. According to a report from the entertainment news service bangshowbiz.biz, Bowie has said rumors that he has signed up to fly on Virgin Galactic’s SpaceShipTwo are “total tosh”. (We’re not completely sure what “total tosh” means, but it doesn’t sound too favorable.) Bowie: “This must be Branson going for some cheap PR.” Bowie joins good company: both William Shatner and Sigourney Weaver have denied reports in recent months that they are also Virgin Galactic customers (although both are said to have “been invited to make the journey into orbit” in the article, nevermind that Virgin Galactic is initially a suborbital service.) Of course, the same report says that passengers must “earn to endure G-forces of up to 300mph”…
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