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July 8, 2014

Virgin Galactic OKs deal for a space tourist hotel

  • The luxury hotel will house celebrities and others while they go through pre-space flight training before their $200,000 trip.
    • By JERI CLAUSING
    Associated Press

    ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Virgin Galactic appears to be getting closer to reaching its long-delayed goal of launching tourists into space.

    The company said Monday it has selected Hotel Encanto de Las Cruces as the preferred hotel for its elite roster of passengers, who will pay $200,000 a person to make the flights from Spaceport America.


     
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