In the case of Michael Schumacher, his money and nothing else will make him a very unique individual.

Schumi is reported to be the latest famous name to sign up for a ride on one of Richard Branson's Virgin Galactic space trips. Schumi is one of many famous (read: wealthy) people names willing and able to pay $200,000 for the flight.

Other also going on this trip include: Niki Lauda, French designer Philippe Starck, and renowned physicist Stephen Hawking. “There is a long list of 300 people, who come from all walks of life," Virgin Galactic president Will Whitehorn confirmed, "Many are scientific entrepreneurs, some of them are from the financial services industry, and we’ve got a couple of politicians, although they don’t want their names released at the moment.” I guess thats a nice way of saying "rich and famous people". Oh well...