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Sir Richard Branson said he wants to establish a British spaceport in Cornwall to launch tourists into the stars as the latest part of his Virgin Galactic project.
The Virgin Galactic boss said he would “dearly love” to send tourists into space from UK soil.
Cornwall’s Spaceport has welcomed the idea and have said they are open to talks with the tech giant.
“Two years from now Virgin Galactic has the potential of putting up 700 people per year,” Branson told the Space-Comm Expo at London’s ExCel Centre.
The British billionaire said that the ship would be “able to fly twice a week”, and that will “start driving down the price”.
This comes as Virgin Galactic planes currently offer to fly tourists into space for £356,000, following two months of checks, from New Mexico, USA.
