SpaceShipTwo in 2008?

While the announcement that Virgin Galactic and Scaled Composites would join forces with a new company called The Spaceship Company wasn't really a big surprise, just a formalization, it was good to hear that Virgin Galactic's first paid-passenger flights are still on track. The price still sticks at $200,000, which is extremely expensive, but whoever said becoming an astronaut would be cheap? (Click here for more.)