lols
i seriously thought for a second that I was reading the Onion. but no. it's the BBC. seriously.

"We believe it is the will of human beings to visit space and we have to give them the possibility to do that," said Francois Auque, the CEO of Astrium.

"Astrium is by far the largest space company in Europe, so we are very knowledgeable in all these matters...." he told BBC News.

Quoted: The aerospace company EADS Astrium says it will build a plane to take fare-paying passengers on sub-orbital space rides.