Tom Cruise wants to go on space trip

US: TOM Cruise wants to go on a Tour of the Worlds — by taking a trip to space.

The Hollywood star says he would consider spending £130,000 to fly into orbit — and would love to bump into an ALIEN.

Speaking as he promoted new sci-fi film Oblivion, Cruise added: “Who wouldn’t want to do something like that?

“I’m going to let a couple of other people test it out first but it would be great. I was always hoping when I was a kid that we would be travelling to different planets by now.”

The War of the Worlds star, 50, would be following other celebs like Ashton Kutcher who plan to go into space. The Two and a Half Men star has already forked out £130,000 for Virgin Galactic’s upcoming two-hour mission.

And Scientologist Cruise believes it would not be out of this world to think aliens exist. Some of his religious pals hold that an alien called Xenu brought humans to Earth 75 million years ago.

Tom said: “I don’t think you can actually count it out.

“It might be a little arrogant to think we were the only ones in all the galaxies throughout the universe — but I’ve never met one!”

Cruise was speaking in Moscow at the Russian premiere of Oblivion, in which he plays one of the last men on Earth after an alien battle ravages the planet in 2073.

The 5ft 7in star is well practised for a trip — he once flew a Space Shuttle simulator at Nasa’s space centre in Houston, Texas. Now that’s one giant step for a small man.

THE INDIAN EXPRESS