Another reason to pare down the weight

Will there be a luggage hold on spaceships? One has to think that the next wave (?) of travel - by spacecraft - will require extremely light travel.

LONDON (Reuters) - Long-haul trips could be made in spaceships instead of planes in 20 years’ time if Virgin’s efforts to commercialize space travel succeed, the president of Virgin Galactic told Reuters in an interview.

Will Whitehorn said Virgin’s plans to take tourists into space were just a first stage that could open up a range of possibilities for the company including space science, computer server farms in space and replacing long-haul flights…

Eventually, he sees the possibility of transporting passengers to terrestrial destinations in spacecraft outside the atmosphere instead of by plane. He says a journey from Britain to Australia could be done in about 2-1/2 hours.

The checked baggage fees could be (ahem) out of this world….