This may be the first time in history that Sir Richard Branson has gazed unfavorably on a pair of supersized tits. According to that stalwart of truth and accuracy in reporting, the Sun, women who've had breast augmentation surgery may be banned from Virgin Galactic flights over fears their implants may explode in microgravity.
Cabin pressures on parabolic flights and in space flights are lower than on regular airplane flights. Snip:
More than 157 people have paid $200,000 each to zoom 400,000 feet above Earth on the Virgin Galactic space "shuttle." Spokesman Will Whitehorn said yesterday that the trip would be safe for 80 percent of people.
(Ed note: Wait, does that mean Whitehorn believes 20% of Virgin Galactic clientele have fake tits?)
He told London's Sun newspaper: "We've discovered there may well be issues with breast augmentation. We're not sure whether they could stand the trip — they could well explode."
Link to Sun story, and here's a related item on SCENTA blog. (via LAFuturists, thanks John Smart and John Spencer).
Image: at left, an artist's rendition of a Virgin Galactic craft (courtesy Virgin Galactic). At right, a snip from a COOP drawing. Her rack, however, is real.
Reader Comment: This report is bogus, serves me right for linking to the Sun. Dustin Miller says,
The almighty Mythbusters done busted that myth. And they subjected the poor silicone baggies to a near complete vacuum! Link
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