I was just browsing the Virgin Galactic website, thinking how cool it would be to go into space, when I stumbled across this statement:
"...these spaceships will allow affordable sub-orbital space tourism for the first time in the history of the universe".
Now, while I have nothing but respect for Virgin's noble vision of putting the common man into space, and truly believe that Richard Branson should be made Prime Minister, I have a problem with this statement. How can Virgin possibly make this claim? How do they know that somewhere, in a galaxy far far away, but still within the confines of the Universe, Aliens aren't already enjoying affordable space travel, sub-orbital or otherwise? In fact, if Aliens are as highly evolved as some would have us believe, it's quite possible, even likely, that they have been touring space on the cheap for quite some time.
Despite this slip-up by Virgin's PR team, I'm still looking forward to the day when I can afford to fly into space with them. Check it out: http://www.virgingalactic.com/
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