Congressman Frank Lucas (R-OK), whose district includes the Oklahoma Spaceport, mentioned it at a town meeting in Enid, Oklahoma on Tuesday, according to an article in the Enid News and Eagle. Lucas described the activities at the spaceport, including plans by “Rocket Plane” [sic] to perform suborbital spaceflights from there. But would Lucas want to take a ride on one of those flights himself? Apparently not. “I won’t be one of those standing in line for a ride,” he said.

Alan Walton, a “self-made millionaire” in Connecticut, is one of Virgin Galactic’s initial customers, or “Founders”, and was recently interviewed by the Hartford Courant. A few interesting items he said in the interview: the complete flight (from takeoff to landing) will be two and a half hours long, with two pilots and six passengers; he will get to experience seven minutes of weightlessness; and passengers will wear pressure suits. Walton added, “I lost 30 pounds because the less you weigh the higher you will go, although I’ve never been heavy.”