--- description: Tyler and Cameron Winklevoss say they'll bankroll an out-of-this-world trip aboard the Virgin Galactic for the low price of 716 bitcoin. Perhaps no one is anticipating their launch more than Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg title: The Winklevoss Twins Are Going to space Thanks to Bitcoin image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt602eca4bbc800092/6986842ecd804d0977cc999d/168032767.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Newsfeed](/tag/time-section-newsfeed/) ## Newsfeed Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # The Winklevoss Twins Are Going to Space, Thanks to Bitcoin by [Laura Stampler](/author/laura-stampler/) ## Laura Stampler Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Mar 6, 2014 2:12 PM CUT  signs the Moet & Chandon 6L for the Churchill Downs Foundation during the 139th Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs on May 4, 2013 in Louisville, Kentucky. signs the Moet & Chandon 6L for the Churchill Downs Foundation during the 139th Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs on May 4, 2013 in Louisville, Kentucky.Mike Coppola—Getty Images by [Laura Stampler](/author/laura-stampler/) ## Laura Stampler Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Mar 6, 2014 2:12 PM CUT Ready for the most Internet-friendly news you’ll hear all day? The [Winklevoss twins’ recent bitcoin endeavors are bankrolling their trip to outer space](http://money.cnn.com/2014/03/05/technology/winklevoss-space-flight/ "undefined") onboard the Virgin Galactic. We’re sure Mark Zuckerberg looks forward to their departure from the earth’s stratosphere, if only for a few hours. Virgin CEO Richard Branson began accepting the crypto currency as a viable means of payment for the [$250,000-a-pop ticket in November](http://www.cnbc.com/id/101220710 "undefined"). That’s the current equivalent of[ 716 bitcoin, which is a fraction of the Winklevoss twins’ reported 1% ownership](http://qz.com/184696/bitcoin-virgin-galactic-richard-branson-winklevoss-in-space-its-not-as-simple-as-you-think/ "undefined") (about 100,000 coins) of the currency. Tyler announced their brotherly space journey of [Twitter](https://twitter.com/tylerwinklevoss/statuses/441222250675466241 "undefined") and their [personal blog](http://winklevosscapital.com/posts/78649481042?%5Fga=1.98121629.383505311.1391465534 "undefined"), which likens their adventure to the explorations of Marco Polo, Christopher Columbus, and Vasco da Gama. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/13975/the-winklevoss-twins-are-going-to-space-thanks-to-bitcoin/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/13975/the-winklevoss-twins-are-going-to-space-thanks-to-bitcoin/"},"headline":"The Winklevoss Twins Are Going to Space, Thanks to Bitcoin","datePublished":"2014-03-06T14:12:59.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:07:32.186Z","description":"Tyler and Cameron Winklevoss say they'll bankroll an out-of-this-world trip aboard the Virgin Galactic for the low price of 716 bitcoin. Perhaps no one is anticipating their launch more than Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg","url":"https://time.com/13975/the-winklevoss-twins-are-going-to-space-thanks-to-bitcoin/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Space","Bitcoin","Virgin Galactic","Virgin","Outer Space"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt602eca4bbc800092/6986842ecd804d0977cc999d/168032767.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Laura Stampler","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/laura-stampler/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt602eca4bbc800092/6986842ecd804d0977cc999d/168032767.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Moet & Chandon Toasts The 139th Kentucky Derby - Day 2","caption":"Moet & Chandon Toasts The 139th Kentucky Derby - Day 2","creditText":"Mike Coppola—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/13975/the-winklevoss-twins-are-going-to-space-thanks-to-bitcoin/","name":"The Winklevoss Twins Are Going to Space, Thanks to Bitcoin"}}]}] ```