Tourism in space

Virgin Galactic SpaceShipTwo, or VSS Enterprise, glides toward the earth on its first test flight after release from the mothership, WhiteKnight2.(AP)

SpaceShipTwo is undergoing testing before it can carry tourists to space. In the latest test, SpaceShipTwo did not fire its rocket engine to climb to space. (AP)

SpaceShipTwo was piloted by engineer and test pilot Pete Siebold from Scaled Composites. (AP)

A view of the surface elevation of Devils Lake, ND. The lake, about 160 miles northwest of Fargo, is the largest freshwater body in North Dakota. Since the water began rising in the early 1990s, more than 400 homes around the lake have been relocated or destroyed. (AP)

Since the water began rising in the early 1990s, more than 400 homes around the lake have been relocated or destroyed. (AP)

British billionaire Richard Branson, founder of the Virgin Group, speaks at a forum entitled "Dawn of the New Decade - Alternative Investment in Asia" in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. (AP)

Branson said that Malaysia should privatize large government-linked companies and split them into smaller units to encourage more open competition in its bid to woo foreign investors. (AP)