Space weddings on the horizon? (pun intended)

This one's from the boys over at Gizmodo. For those thrill seekers who refuse to accept a traditional wedding ceremony, it appears they may be getting another option besides leaping from an airplane. Japanese wedding planner First Advantage will start selling tickets starting in 2011 for brides and grooms to tie the knot on a 1 hour long suborbital space flight. The company is teaming up with commercial spaceflight upstart company Rocketplane to use their (yet to be built) Rocketplane XP (not to be confused with Rocketplane Vista) to launch the soon-to-be newlyweds up 62.1 miles into space at a meager fee of only $2.2 million. If that seems a bit too rich for your blood, don't worry it comes as part of a package that includes a reception on the ground, a live broadcast, 4 days of rehearsal and even a space wedding dress. I hope they don't mean this:



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