Time to clear that 2009 calendar and get ready for an excursion into the final frontier. I still find it difficult to keep my gravity-bound automobile full of fuel, but for some people space travel will soon be possible thanks to Virgin Galactic. They have teamed with Neiman Marcus to advertise their planned 2009 charter to space in the just released 2006 Christmas Book. The six-person charter starts off with a round of training and medical assessments before being blasted via SpaceShipTwo into the cosmos to take in the vastness and beautiful vistas of space. The voyage isn't over when you come back to Earth. Once back in the atmosphere and on solid ground, new astronauts head to Sir Richard Branson's private island in the British Virgin Islands for four nights of luxurious accommodations and all-inclusive festivities. Read more about the incredible journey here. Hang on when you start hurtling through the thermosphere, I hear it can get a little bumpy.