Stewardess Becomes First to Book Virgin Galactic Flight Using Bitcoin
On Friday, British billionaire Sir Richard Branson announced to the world that his latest and greatest Virgin venture - Virgin Galactic - would be accepting Bitcoin payments. The spaceline takes passengers to the very edge of space, allowing them to experience 10-or-so minutes of weightlessness. The price of admission? A cool $250,000 USD, or just over 300 BTC. Surprisingly enough, someone has already booked a Virgin Galactic flight using Bitcoin. A stewardess from Hawaii, who Branson says "made quite a lot of money by getting into Bitcoin early on", will be taking a ride soon enough,....
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Sir Richard Branson has revealed that his commercial space flight venture Virgin Galactic is to accept payment in bitcoins. The 63-year-old entrepreneur is best known as the founder of Virgin Group, which owns more than 400 companies including the Virgin Atlantic airline and telecommunications provider Virgin Media. A post on Branson's blog states that a female flight attendant from Hawaii has already purchased her Virgin Galactic ticket in bitcoins. Want to come to space with @virgingalactic? Now you can pay with #bitcoins! (One future astronaut has already) http://t.co/dYVmSBLVAF. -....
250,000 US Dollars or 297 Bitcoins (at 840$/BTC). This is what a space travel costs with Virgin Galactic, Virgin Group's company that is specialized in space tourism. The price is visible on Virgin Calactic's website and also mentioned by Virgin's founder, billionaire businessman Richard Branson, in an interview for CNBC, stating he invested in Bitcoin in the past. This news coincides with the creation of BTCTrip and an announcement by CheapAir, another travel agency that is already long in business, both now accept Bitcoin for flight and hotel bookings. So, currently one can travel around....