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I think its one of the futures of space flight. of course, thin this is not a se station type of flight or flight to the moon. theyre going to go up for a few minutes and come back down but its still exciting and i think a lot of people are going to have a chance to do this. the price started out at $200,000, a little over a decade ago. so its actually gone up. but hopefully once they start to fly a lot, that price will come down. >> why has it gone up? >> inflation, just like eggs and milk and ...

Have an extra 450,000 lying around. just the experience of weightlessness will be awesome, to be able to float for a few minutes, will be incredible. theyll see the curvature of the earth, see the planet from space which is cool. hopefully theyll get a perspective that changes for them. for me, one of the things that i noticed, if you look at the edge of the earth you see a thin blue line. its a really thin line. i came away from space flights thinking theres no planet b, only planet a. i think ...

Way there on the way back. find way there on the way back. and ust way there on the way back. and just talked _ way there on the way back. and just talked with _ way there on the way back. and just talked with a _ way there on the way back. and just talked with a little bit about the practicalities of the situation. you are carrying out scientific experiments while at the same time experiencing weightlessness. how did that feel? did that surprise you at all? ~ ~ , all? well, i think it is the o...

Walls, going up, lots of lighting around the system, too. >> our thanks to chad. virgin galactic, one small step to taking tourists to the edge of space for the astronomical price of $450,000. billionaire, richard bransons company successfully taught to affect 40 k above earth, commercial passengers expected to experience a few minutes of weightlessness, and sea earths curved horizon. after 96 hours they said touchdown sos unity. our crew, and spaceship, are back on earth. and a polish or put, b...

Astronaut training for anyone heading to a space hotel of the future could include lessons on conceiving in space.

Astronaut here is the chief religion correspondent, lorne greene. student jeff williams spent the second-longest time in space among american astronauts. >> we are in weightlessness and there is no acceleration. >> he is speaking for a new exhibit at the museum of the bible showing the link between science and the scriptures. >> you look at scientists and many others, and there were theologians first and the understanding of scripture is what drove what they saw as their calling in life to scien...

Joined john mcfall on a test flight. john mcfall is an astronaut candidate with a difference. hes an amputee — he lost his leg in a motorcycle accident when he was a teenager. now hes working with the european space agency to see if a person with a disability can go to space. esa had announced that they were looking for an astronaut with a physical disability, and i looked at the person specification and i kind of went, "oh, yeah, ive got that... i like — yeah, i like doing that. ive got thi...

Now hes working with the european space agency to see if a person with a disability can go to space. esa had announced that they were looking for an astronaut with a physical disability, and i looked at the person specification and i kind of went, "oh, yeah, ive got that... i like — yeah, i like doing that. ive got this degree, yeah. i can do... oh, yeah, that sounds good." and i was like, "wow, this is... this sounds really interesting." johns getting his first taste of space on a parabolic f...

Esa had announced that they were looking for astronauts with a physical disability. i looked at the personal specification and i kind of went, yeah, ive got that, yeah, i like doing that, ive got this degree, yep. oh, yeah, that sounds good. i was like, this sounds really interesting. johns getting his first taste of space on a parabolic flight where you experience periods of weightlessness. the flight works by the plane climbing extremely steeply. it takes a team of three to control the manoeuv...

"yeah, i�*ve got that, yeah, i like doing that, "i�*ve got this degree, yep. "oh, yeah, that sounds good." i was like, this sounds really interesting. john�*s getting his first taste of space on a parabolic flight where you experience periods of weightlessness. the flight works by the plane are climbing extremely steeply. it takes a team of three to control the manoeuvre. the plane then arcs to begin its descent. here we go. i joined john for his and my first flight. 0h! 0h, help! i want t...