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tycoon Sir Richard Branson still hopes to take tourists into space for £190,000 each on his Virgin Galactic service, but fellow knight, Star Trek actor Sir Patrick Stewart, won’t boldly go with him. ‘I would absolutely love to do it, but not for the prices they’re charging for four minutes of weightlessness,’ Sir Patrick says. ‘I can drink half a bottle of Scotch and get the same feeling.’