The report, which was first made by Sky News, says that Google is in «advanced talks» to place a minority $ 30 million stake in Sir Richard Branson's Virgin Galactic and invest an undisclosed amount that is somewhere in the range of «hundreds of millions of dollars» in Sir Richard Branson's ambitious
space tourism venture, which aims to take well - heeled clients who can pay $ 200,000 for a ticket to an
orbital space flight around the Earth.