Virgin Galactic Announces Winners Of Space Travel Sweepstakes

The Unity 22 mission that sent company founder Richard Branson into space. (photo: Doc. Virgin Galactic)

JAKARTA - Health coach from countries in the Caribbean, Antigua, and Barbuda, Keisha S. has won a ticket to space tourism. The ticket he won from a lottery organized by Virgin Galactic.

Keisha will be the first person from the Caribbean to have the opportunity to visit outer space. He also hopes to take his daughter who studies astrophysics on the flight.

“I've always had a lifelong love for flying and an affinity for outer space. This is truly a dream come true for me", said Keisha.

In addition to winning a ticket to space, Keisha also won the Spaceport America tour in New Mexico. Unfortunately, there is no further news on when the trip will take place.

But citing The Verge, Thursday, November 25, Keisha is not the only winner of this lottery. Virgin Galactic announced plans to raffle two seats on its spacecraft in July following the successful launch and return of the Unity 22 mission that sent company founder Richard Branson into space.

The year 2021 sees the beginning of a new era of private and civil space missions. The first group of civilians is best known for their wealth in space exploration, such as Amazon founder Jeff Bezos and Virgin Galactic's Branson.

Going forward, more private individuals will spend hundreds of thousands to millions of dollars to reserve seats on future flights.

But wealthy space companies and tourists have also made efforts to bring those who can't afford to travel on their own. Last September, SpaceX's purely billionaire-funded Inspiration4 spaceflight flew him and three others.

However, in the midst of space tourism becoming a trend, the issue of climate change also deserves their attention. The results of the spacecraft they use can cause fatal environmental pollution.