Out of this World! Behind-the-Scenes Tour of Sir Richard Branson's Virgin Galactic

Item Number: 8
Time Left: CLOSED
Value: Priceless
Online Close: Mar 26, 2014 10:00 PM PDT
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Description
This two-part package is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to be taken out of this world and see history in the making! Meet the team turning Virgin Galactic's dream into reality with a money-cant-buy behind-the-scenes tour of its Mojave facilities the home of commercial human spaceflight. Sir Richard Bransons Virgin Galactic is Earths first Spaceline. For the last nine years, Virgin Galactic, in partnership with Scaled Composites, has been designing, building, and test-flying its first mothership, VMS Eve, and spaceship, VSS Enterprise, at Mojave Air and Spaceport in Mojave, CA. The lucky winner and up to five guests will be taken on a unique tour of Virgin Galactics facilities and have a chance to meet the people who are making the dream a reality. There may even be a chance to get up close and personal with the beautiful space vehicles! You will then be whisked to Mojave's famous Voyager Cafe and treated to lunch with a key member of the Virgin Galactic team. The winner and two guests can travel to the Mojave desert in Nueva dad Paco Chiericis private plane.* Paco was a US Navy Fighter Pilot for 20 years, so be sure to ask him all about flying F-14s and F-5s on the way to Virgin Galactic. This will take place on a mutually agreed-upon date between the donors and Virgin Galactic in the 2014 calendar year. The winner and guests will be required to provide personal identification in advance of the tour. Access to Virgin Galactic is subject to security pre-screening and therefore cannot be guaranteed.
* If your group consists of six people, there is ground transportation available from Burbank Bob Hope Airport..
But wait! There is more! In addition, this package includes a very special evening to be held on May 28, 2014, with a NASA astronaut recently returned from the International Space Station. This can be held as a dinner at your home with your family, out at a restaurant with a group of friends, with work colleagues or clients, or whatever works best for you. Please note that the auction item only includes the astronauts time, not the actual dinner.
Three, two, one, and blast off this is a truly out-of-this-world experience!