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Richard Branson an English entrepreneur, has backed his Virgin Group based rocket called SpaceShip Two, to be the first Civilian based reusable spacecraft to replace Nissa's shuttle when it ends career in 2011.

They claimed the Ansari X Prize of $10 million dollars for putting the first civilian built spacecraft and pilot into space in 2004 in the prototype SpaceShip One.

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