To boldly go where no man has gone before...

So, if you are really my friend, you know that I have a deep love for Star Trek...and if you are REALLY my friend, you know this and still love me anyways. As a young child who was raised on Star Trek, much of my free time was spent contemplating the break in the space time continuum and the notion of being "beamed" somewhere. I always hoped that by the time I was a "grown-up" star trek would be real... that we would fly around the universe in nifty space crafts and meet alien beings. Alas, I am nearly a grown-up and the chances of me traipsing through space with Jean-Luke Picard are rather slim. This morning, I was reading the news clips on my homepage and there was a link to an article about how some famous people are reserving spots on a 2008 flight to space. The actual time in space is a mere 15 minutes (which includes 5 minutes of weightlessness). The cost for 15 minutes in space? $200,000. If we start now, we would only need to save roughly $400.00 per day for the next year and a half and we too can have our 15 minutes in space. If anyone out there is thinking, "hmmm... what should I get Kate for Christmas?" You can rest your weary mind...a ticket to space will do just fine!

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060717/od_uk_nm/oukoe_uk_transport_virgingatlantic