Virgin Galactic, a private company to provide space tourism to wealthy tourists, was offered a million dollars to shoot a sex video while the participants are floating freely without gravity. Will Whitehorn, president of the company, said the offer “was $1 million, up front, for a sex-in-space movie. That money we had to refuse, I’m afraid.”

The offer came from an unidentified party and was not disclosed any further during the International Astronautical Congress in which Whitehorn announced he rejected such a deal.

Beginning late 2009 or early 2010, Virgin Galactic – part of Richard Branson’s Virgin Group — will be offering two hour space flights per person for $200,000. The flight begins at Sierra County, New Mexico and will be carried to 100 kilometers in altitude by the WhiteKnightTwo aircraft, which in turn will release the SpaceShipTwo craft that will allow passengers to experience five minutes of weightlessness as the vehicle reaches the boundaries of the Earth’s atmopshere.

Virgin Galatic has spent about $100 million to develop its business, mainly in research and development of the aircraft by Scaled Composites LLC of Mojave, California and has already received $40 million in deposits from 280 customers.

“Virgin” Galactic did not reveal their reasons for rejecting the million dollar offer for the sex-in-space movie. At $200,000 per person for just five minutes, it would certainly cause hardship to shoot a long one.