
Veteran NASA Astronaut Tom Jones: Virgin Galactic's historic spaceflight opens ‘the door to space tourism’
Fox News
Veteran NASA Astronaut Tom Jones asserted on “Fox News Live” on Sunday that Virgin Galactic's historic spaceflight opens “the door to space tourism.”
Jones made the comments just as Richard Branson touched down safely Sunday and stressed that he wants to make space travel accessible for everyone. The Virgin Group founder launched Sunday with five crewmates from his space-tourism company, flying 53 miles above the earth in a final test mission before kicking off commercial space flights next year. Branson, who earned his pilot’s license, tested the astronaut cabin experience with the group, which experienced about four minutes of weightlessness and witnessed the curvature of the Earth before returning home to a runway landing. When Branson landed on Sunday, he told a crowd of about 500 people in New Mexico, "Welcome to the dawn of a new space age."More Related News