Posted: 08/10/09 12:02PM

See the X-Prize winner SpaceShipOne - the predecessor to SpaceShipTwo - launching in to space and hear from SS1 astronauts Brian Binney and Mike Melvill. This video is a promotion from Virgin Galactic to inspire would be astronauts. Virgin Galactic is described as the world's first spaceline and the first space flights for paying astronauts are set to start in 2011. 300 people have now signed up to Virgin Galactic.