Indians too can delight, having the fun of space tours now. The space travel company, Virgin Galactic has been launched in India. Now, the rich Indians can take a flight into space, as soon as 2010. Only, the rich as it costs $200,000 a trip.

As of 2007, space tourism chances are limited and expensive, only the Russian space agency provides transport. The price is $30 million for a flight brokered by Space Adventures to International Space Station aboard a Soyuz spacecraft. Until 2009, the space flights are fully booked.

Virgin Galactic made bookings for 200 customers, which include four Indian nationals. Carolyn Wincer, head, astronaut operations, Virgin Galactic, said the technology has been tested.

The prototype SpaceShipOne (SS1) traveled three times into space and the larger version of same machine is under construction. The SpaceShipTwo is the new machine that will be able to carry six passengers and two pilots.

In India, the trips would be sold by the accredited space agent, Deluxe Travel Europe, which has tied up with GD Goenka World Travel to create a company called Spazio Travel for the marketing in India.

Nipun Goenka, CEO of Spazio Travel, said that in India, where there at 18 billionaires and many more people with a lot more money than ever before, they are targeting to sell to at least 20 people in the next 1 year.

The flight will take off from a spaceport in New Mexico and the astronauts will go through 3 days of pre-flight preparation and training onsite, including G-force acclimatization and safety training also.

The flight will take only two hours including eight minutes in space and four minutes of weightlessness – when you can actually float.

The space craft will go about 110 km into space, and from there you can view the earth’s curve, the blue of atmosphere, the pitch black of space and it will be completely silent.

Virgin Galactic is also trying to sell space charters.