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Doesn’t sound as romantic as "out of this world," now, does it? But, hey, for a few hundred thou Virgin Galactic (another exaggerated idea) will give you a slow climb through the clouds and into the black followed by a whole 4.5 minutes of microgravity. Hardly enough time to think, "Wow, I’m really in space, by golly, gee whiz." Well, actually, you’ll be in LEO, otherwise known as Low Earth Orbit. More accurately, sub-orbital. Rather dull, actually, except for the view of Earth’s curvature and the multiple sunrises and sunsets. Only you won’t have time to see more than one or the other. The stars you’ll have to leave for another time. A rather long time, most likely. Not to mention the galactic part.