for the stars, signing up to go into space with Richard
Branson's Virgin Galactic.
British entrepreneur Branson announced on Twitter on
Wednesday that Bieber, 19, and his manager, Scooter
Braun, were the latest "future astronauts." Bieber tweeted
in response, "let's shoot a music video in SPACE!!"
Virgin Galactic commercial space flights, which are slated to
begin next year, have reportedly already drawn high profile
passengers including physicist Stephen Hawking as well as
actors Tom Hanks, Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie.
At a charity auction during the Cannes film festival last
month, one guest paid $1.2 million to purchase a seat next to
actor Leonardo DiCaprio on Virgin Galactic.
Last year, "Two and a Half Men" actor Ashton Kutcher
became the 500th person to sign up.
A seat on Virgin Galactic's SpaceShipTwo, a six-passenger,
two-pilot spaceship, costs $250,000 and will take
passengers to an altitude of about 68 miles, giving them a
few minutes to experience zero gravity and glimpse Earth
from space.
The SpaceShipTwo rocket is currently undergoing vigorous
tests in preparation of its first space trip with Branson and
his family, scheduled for the end of this year.
Virgin Galactic is a division of Branson's Virgin Group.
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