Branson to take first tourist into space

Entrepreneur Sir Richard Branson has announced the winner of a competition to become the first ever space tourist.
41-year old Doug Ramsburg, from Denver, Colorado, will rocket into space in a few years time when Virgin's fleet of spaceships will be ready.
Ramsburg was one of 135,000 entrants in a contest run by Volvo and Virgin, to launch a new Volvo car. Ramsburg gets the trip for free, but other hopefuls will have to pay £107,000 ($200,000) for a seat on one of the Virgin Galactic ships. ...via