Space Cowboys

Move over "Astronaut Farmer" a bunch of Space Cowboys want to ride rockets to the moon, and among them is the incredible Sir Richard Branson, CEO of Virgin Group with his new company Virgin Galactic.

It sounds straight out of science fiction, but it's true. Space ports are being built in the desert of New Mexico to accomodate the silvery rockets that will launch people into space.

Sir Richard Branson, CEO of Virgin Group already has 100 founders signed up. These are people who paid $200,000 each to sail into space on the engine of a rocket.

The first launch is scheduled for 2009 and people are getting ready to head out into space. This is truly an great time to live.