You will never guess what Katy Perry has purchased for Russell Brand’s 35th birthday. Never.
Richard Branson’s Virgin Galactic confirmed that Katy has purchased Russell a ticket for a flight into space!
“It is true,” Virgin Galactic rep Louella Faria tells E! News. “We are very excited to have him onboard.”
Tickets cost $200,000. Ticket holders attend 2 days of astronaut training before jetting 365,000 feet straight into the atmosphere. They will then be allowed to undo their seatbelts and float weightlessly for five minutes before heading back to Earth.
“There will be 17-inch diameter windows to look out onto,” a space agent for Virgin Galactic tells E! “Passengers will be able to view Earth around 800 miles in any direction from space.”
Wow. What a huge gift. No word yet on whether Katy will decide to join him in this wild adventure. She’s got a while to think it over, as the flights are still in testing stages.
The “shuttle” (VSS Enterprise) will be jettisoned into space by the launch vechicle (SpaceShip Two/Eve) shown below. (you can see the full configuration on the Virgin Galactic website) For a glimpse at a test flight – I put a video under the cut.
Photos by WENN
He is ridiculously lucky. I want nothing more than to be able to afford this flight. I’ve been dreaming about it for years. If you’ve ever been to Oshkosh’s AirVenture, it has made an appearance at the airshow. Same with SpaceShip One. People don’t realize what a HUGE deal this is.
I’m tired of these two.
ME, TOO.
Next!
A couple of my friends did this a few years ago. They had so much fun. The pictures were amazing!
I don’t mean any disrespect but it couldn’t have been this that they did. Virgin Galactic is the first commercial carrier to offer space flight. And there haven’t been any launches yet for their program. It shouldn’t be too much longer, though.
Maybe they went up in one of those airplanes that mimic the atmosphere of space? I know people who’ve done that, too.
If you wanna do that, just go to Disney’s “Mission: Space” ride, I promise you, you won’t want this again! It happen to me, I always wanted to go to space and see the earth on the outside. After that ride from Disney, I said, no thanks! Very small place, 3Gforse slaps you on your face, I swear that ride is just wrong…
he is one of the most unappealing man of all time. how these minimally talented people achieve such fame is beyond me.
Wow soo cool I would LOVE the chance to do this. Feeling rather envious right now..*sigh*
I wanna go. By the time my granddaughter is my age this will probably be an every day occurrence.