Sleep in luxury before your space flight

LAS CRUCES, N.M. (AP) - May 2, 2011

The company wants some luxury digs for its space-bound passengers.

Virgin Galactic has customers lining up to pay 200-grand for a quick trip to space.

The flights will leave from Spaceport America near Truth or Consequences, New Mexico.

The company is looking to partner with a third party in building a luxury hotel in the area.

But some local folks are cool to the idea.

They tell a local paper the new digs will take customers away from their businesses.

The first passenger flight is at least a couple of years off.

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