Up until recently, space travel has been limited to the privileged few associated with NASA or other international space programs. The employees at Virgin Galactic are working hard to quickly change that.
History of Human Space Travel
In 2004, Sir Richard Branson, a highly successful British entrepreneur, added another company to the Virgin Group conglomerate: Virgin Galactic. The focus of the company is to commercialize space travel so that anyone (provided they meet health and pocketbook requirements) can take a trip into the final frontier.