Oct 8 2010
Can we get to the moon
It has to be up on the list of things that every young person wants to do. Most of us have travelled by plane, we have jetted off on holiday, to attend an event or seeing a new life.
When did this happen? When did we exactly start to think of flying as taking the bus? The length of the cue at customs is the one this that might be the only think awe inspiring about the whole journey. The guards can sense your frustration and it sustains them! Naturally non of this is of any concern to the untouchables of air travel, in Virgin Upperclass, you all know who you are; but even here the means of the conveyance takes second seat to the comfort and convenience where the main event is often the anticipation of the menu.
But what about the plane, does anyone worry about how this behemoth gets off the ground let alone stay up there; clearly not though I must admit to feeling some comfort from being seated near the exit. We have just about reached the point to where like the bumble bee we see the common place and view it commonly.
So to return to the orginal question, how many BA airmiles does it take to get to the moon?? Due to the fact that we are now spoon fed on scifi, we see plane travel as boring. Imagined admittedly, but born from a diet of StarWars and Si-fi which made the wondrous become mundane, even though the reality was much more terrestrial. And although miles that most people obtain can possibly get them to NewYork, you can now get to the moon for 200k. It seems that whilst my miles are unlikely to to take me even to NewYork; 200k in hard cash can get me a ticket to the moon, or dam near! It seems that everything is on track for the first flight of Virgin Galactic, after talk of inflatable hotels in space and the worlds richest nations struggling to compleat a much scaled back international space station, it seems once more we can rely upon her Majestys most entrepreneurial Knight to deliver the future. Once more the wonder of flight becomes the focus; the journey the main event, and the vehicle a wonder! Heres hoping that one day Sir Richard Branson will be redeeming Virgin Galactic miles, and our only decision will be whether to upgrade to Galactic Upperclass!
Global traveller has been writing for a number of travel blogs for Virgin atlantic and also scifi articles.
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