a seat on virgin galactic is $200,000, which is the equivalent of 200 bitcoins in change.uy big ticket because of the call -- big ticket because of this. >> there is a large group of people that are more than happy to have a virtual currency, especially people who hate the dollar. >> one of the best things bitcoin does is you can move large amounts of it in minutes with noational borders transaction costs. millions of dollars for a nickel. who doreat for people not want the government to know about the money they are moving around. it is also good for immigrant workers and for micro- transactions. i could give you three dollars and it costs me nothing. >> i guessed we are going to follow you next on a plane. matt miller joining me with his 12 days of it going. -- of bitcoin. howomorrow i will tell you it all works, how the transactions are secured, mind, everything like that. >> inc. you. -- thank you. a full update on the markets when we come back in two minutes. ♪ >> tomorrow on money moves, following matt miller's 12 days of bitcoin, we are going to be speaking with the

will be the year in which we see regular people travelling into space as tourists on board the virgin galactic spaceship 1 as people by tickets for their chance to go into space. >> the show may be over, but the conversation continues on our website al jazeera/consider this or on facebook or google+ pages or on twitter. see you next time. >> announcer: this is al jazeera. >> hello, and welcome to the news hour. i'm stephen in doha with the latest news from around the world. south sudanese rebels take control of the town of bor. >>> and the death toll in syria rises to almost 330,000. >> hello, i'm julie m

and sir richard branson, advertising virgin galactic future space flight is accepting bitcoin. you can think of bitcoin as a digital coin. people send to each other online globally. when you transfer them, there's an electronic signature. a string of characters. countless networks around the world work to solve complex math problems and verify each transaction. this process is called mining. each successful mine produces another bitcoin. 21 million of them out there. designed to prevent inflation. a system many believe is revolutionizing the way people will look at money. for the guy who used to work at google. >> i believe that bitcoin would be to money what the internet did to information. >> reporter: the guy who left wall street. >> it's a radical shift in thought. >> reporter: venture capital firm out of downtown palo alto. he's calling it the investment that will yield the biggest pen fit and impact in his lifetime. >> it's experimental now, i give it over 25%. >> reporter: he sits on the board of the bitcoin foundation, with the mission of standardizing, protecting and p

will be the year in which we see regular people travelling into space as tourists on board the virgin galactic spaceship 1 as people by tickets for their chance to go into space. >> the show may be over, but the conversation continues on our website al jazeera/consider this or on facebook or google+ pages or on twitter. see you next time. jimmy carter >> anxiety and evacuations after a fiery train crash in north dakota - 20 cars up in flames after the train carrying food and oil derailed. >> a family's fight to keep hope alive - a judge ordering the hospital to keep the girl on a breathing machine for another week >> israel frees 26 palestine prisoners, the release part of a deal to broker u.s. peace talks >> taking to the air to help a ship stuck at sea - the

all excited about virgin galactic, what they are doing. 75,0000,000 versus dollars, how are you able price so much? >> it is an incredibly different experience. we are using a helium balloon. in many ways, it's much simpler. but it gives you a very different experience. >> may be the next time we do this interview, it will be in one of your capsule's. >> coming up, what is the key to success? ,ccording to our next guest failure. we will be joined by the creator of the dilbert comic strip, right after this. ♪ >> time for the scene where rabri knew the business behind media entertainment and pop- culture. time to have a little fun. hollywood on track to deliver its highest year ever at the box office. the current take his $10.1 billion, and just below last year's record. what are the best films this year? let's ask two of the most notable critics. oh when and chris. ris.wen and ch chris, you are kind of the indie guy. >> this is my number 10 pick. it is not an obvious choice. it is the most fun i had at the movies this year, seeing this horror movie. >> you had more fun getting scared.

he is very excited about virgin galactic and what they are doing. versus 75 thousand dollars.ou able to undercut the price so much? >> well, it is an incredibly different thing. he is using rockets. we are using a helium balloon. it gives you a very different experience. you could go up there and be up there for hours. >> may be the next time we do this interview it will be in one of your capsule. >> wouldn't that be fun? >> if you would rather try cruising, maybe you should do it on a yacht. >> today, we are boarding the riva boat. this is the liner. stages.e four this is the first stage. we start in the engine room. we install the first cable. here we start to install the machinery, the engine and that tanker, and then we start to see -- see thea here boat. here we placed the deck. we start to see the boat and shape the boat. we spend 11 days to finish all of this and we apply 20 layers of varnish by hand. last test. here we check the boat and all systems on board. all the nautical systems. and then, when all systems are done and ready, we started to test the boat directly o

like to take a look how we can commercialize space other folks look at space tourism such as virgin galactic and others but but i think he has demonstrated he can put a rocket into space, he has delivered to payloads moving to commercial payloads and i think you'll open a whole new category for commercal space people tell understand you could ke pharmaceuticals or products in zero gravity you cannot make on earth. >> talk about computers do we war tha makes me think of lots and that went on in jeopardy. >> said the computer beat the best human? >> again as the two most successful players in history. >> he cleaned their clocks. >> now you say we will have robots that act like doctors ? >> the best decisions made about my health when i go to the hoital. that is a lot to be a decision in support to help doctors and hospitals understand through big data analysis but also make better care decisions that will relate if you should have aertain drug or not. >> i hope we do show it is possible. we have seen rocket launching but what if you want to go further that will be possible in just 10 years >>

highest altitude and outside of balloon flights companies like virgin galactic and space x. will soon be offering commercial trips to outer space by rocket these private escapades are all part of a flourishing industry that's taken root in the last decade called space tourism and fact in the next ten years the f.a.a. says this industry will be worth one billion dollars. that's a large growth considering it was just in two thousand and one the dennis tito an american engineer and multimillionaire became the very first space tourist it seemed very kind of cavalier at the time and i think you know how a track record has proven that even the wildest craziest ideas can become a reality that's tom shelley the president of the company responsible for making that on president admission happen we arrange for very successful very wealthy individuals to be to fly into space and we will look to continue to do that but we're very much looking forward to a lower priced experience being available but lower prices in the industry don't exactly translate to a low price overall take a ride vi

> branson plans to launch the first commercial flight into space next year on his space line, virgin galacticeople have already paid a $100,000 deposit. >> decades from now, we may get you to australia quicker than it may take you to get through airports. >> he is focused on his legacy. >> 90% of my time is spent on building up not for profit ventures. >> 90%? >> yes. i have people to run the virgin groups. i am trying to use my entrepreneurial skills to tackle diseases in africa and global warming. if you are fortunate to be successful in life, it is very important to give back. >> i want to know what other advice does richard give young c.e.o.'s stuck in the board room? >> the first thing i would do as a c.e.o. is find my replacement so i can think about the bigger picture. >> some would be threatened by that. >> yes, but that is a really big mistake. look for the best people. you'll get the best out of them. >> now in his 60's, will richard branson ever slow down? >> i will never retire. i have been creating things since i was 15 years old and i will always create things. but i have never

lots of folks are looking at space tourism, such as virgin galactic and other folks. in this case i think with space x he has demonstrated he is eventually moving toward commercial pay loads i think it will open up a whole new category for commercializing space. >> you can make certain products in zero gravity you can't make on earth. >> when you talk about computers doing more. ma that i cans me think about watson the ibm computer that went on jeopardy. >> this is watson. >> can a computer beat the best humans? >> pitting an ibm computer systems against the two most successful celebrated players in history. watson cleaned their clocks. >> who is michael phelps. what is staggering genius. >> you say we are going to soon see robots that act like doctors? >> well, i would like to have the best decisions made about my health when i go to the hospital, wouldn't you? that's what watson is trying to do to be a decision support enterprise to help doctors and hospitals make better care decisions that are going to relate to whether you should have a certain drug or maybe you s

will be the year in which we see regular people travelling into space as tourists on board the virgin galactic spaceship 1 as people by tickets for their chance to go into space. >> the show may be over, but the conversation continues on our website al jazeera/consider this or on facebook or google+ pages or on twitter. see you next time. >> hello and welcome to al jazeera america. john siegenthaler has the night off. fire ball in north dakota, two trains collide, evacuations over the aftermath. a young girl in california, her parents struggle to keep her a alive. >>> a cruise ship is stranded in the antarctic. >>> a surprising look at the president's favorite tv shows.

there's the virgin galactic, richard branson. he's like, "let's get our party on."ce. that's what he wants to do now. and people are shelling out lots of dough to go. >> steve: lots of green. >> jimmy: kutch. >> steve: the kutch is going? >> jimmy: beibs. >> steve: beibs. >> jimmy: harry styles. >> steve: stylesy's going? >> jimmy: stylesy's going. >> steve: beibs and the kutch. >> jimmy: and the kutch. and i heard brad pitt. >> steve: bri pitt? >> jimmy: bri pitt? it's a weird nickname. but yeah, bri pitt is going. i am not attending. >> steve: no. you are not going. >> jimmy: i'm like, "hey, when's the second flight?" [ laughter ] i don't trust that thing, man. >> steve: and it's coming -- no! it's not. >> jimmy: making history. yeah, yeah. and also, that movie "gravity." did you guys see that movie? it opened up at the box office, a giant hit. everybody is talking about it. space is very hot right now! very hot! that's my agent. you know what's very hot right now? space! let's take a look at the pros and cons of going to outer space. here we go. pro, boldly going

. >> reporter: tourists could blast off into space as early as next year on virgin galactic spaceshiptwoil then future astronauts can train for the rigors of space on earth. >> it's the real deal. we're training them just as we would a military pilot, a fighter pilot or an astronaut. >> reporter: more than 300 peopleve take e vve have taken . the program centers around a state of the art simulator a human centrifuge that replicates what space travel feels like. >> sequence starts in three, two, one. >> oh, hoo hoo hoo! >> you're going to see your g-meter and your altim hitter and your rear camera views and the visuals outside the spacecraft as you actually feel the forces of launching off and a simulated weightlessness and entry back down to earth. >> reporter: the faster it spins the more you feel the forces of gravity. >> for extreme g-forces for prolonged "gs" there's a good risk of you being able to pass out, for those reasons want to make sure you are trained properly. >> congratulations you're in space. >> reporter:u don't need a ticket in space to take this course but it will cost

you can get a flight on virgin galactic. gin, tesla, pizza, they do not share any of the currency risk run the volatility. >> if you are managing, for example, merchant tools by instantly exchanging, that is correct. again, that is where a lot of this is going. and consumers, i think, will see their local currency as what appears. thanks so much, fred. matt, i am curious to hear more about this. >> tomorrow i am going to see about some other stuff i can buy . what else can i get with bitcoin? i will be delving into different subjects over the next couple of weeks. keeping them secure, is just one of these online wallets enough? i will talk about the finances, can you shorten it? and i am going to look into also -- fred is talking about merchants doing local currency, but what if there is no more local currency? what if we just all used to bitcoin? >> crazy talk. >> in cyprus they saw a lot of activity around bitcoin. >> a lot of these sealand vessels, these old oil land platforms that people are trying to turn into autonomous

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. >> tourists could blast off into space as early as next year on virgin galactic's space ship 2. future astronauts can train for the rigors of space on earth. >> it's the real deal. we're training them just as we would a military pilot, a fighter pilot, or an ostnot. >> more than 300 people have taken the two -day training course in pennsylvania. the program centers around a state of the art simulator, a human centrifuge that replicates what space travel feels like. >> sequence starts in three, two, one. >> you're going to see your g meter, your altimeter, your rear camera view, visuals outside the space craft as you feel the forces of your launching up, as simulated weightlessness and reentry back down to earth. >> the faster it spins, the more you feel the forces of gravity. >> for extreme g forces or prolonged sustained gs, there's a good risk of you being able to pass out. for those reasons, i want to make sure you'recongratulations space. >> you don't need a ticket to space to take this course, but it will cost you $3,000. >> the future of space holds a lot of promise. hopef

the committee received a letter signed by digitalglobe and virgin galactic and lockheed that amt 2 -- advocated the renewal the system to keep the u.s. competitive in the global market. separatemmittee held a hearing and heard from the federal aviation administration, the government accountability office, -- at this hearing, frank slazer summed up his trade -- many forstating launch providers competing against u.s. companies already benefit from generous identification roles. we cannot be allowed to force away highly skilled technical jobs to foreign countries. nonrenewal could impede new -- new u.s. interests of the commercial launch market and discourages future launch innovation and investment. without a little playing field, new u.s. interests could find it highly undesirable to begin their good -- the business ventures in the united states. the faa has been in place for over 20 years. thankfully, the provisions have never been triggered by a serious accident. the stability of provides allows the u.s. to remain competitive in the global market and push the boundaries of space tech