Virgin Galactic Doesn't Have FAA Permission to Fly You to Space

Virgin Galactic Doesn't Have FAA Permission to Fly You to Space

Jan 22nd 2014, 18:00, by Robert Sorokanich

If you're one of the 700 or so people who bought tickets to fly to outer space on Richard Branson's Virgin Galactic rockets, don't pack your space bags just yet: Smithsonian notes that the company doesn't have the Federal Aviation Administration permit required to take passengers to space. Hope you folks got traveler's insurance. Or kept your Bitcoin receipts. [Smithsonian]
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