Tuesday, December 2, 2008

Roadtrip to Space, Anyone?


Beginning as early as 2011, space tourism will be as "cheap" as $95,000 a ticket aboard a Lynx craft, thanks to the development of this new rocket by XCOR Aerospace of California.  Tests flights are scheduled to begin in 2010, with paid flights beginning as early as 2011.  

This company is competing against Virgin Atlantic Airways offshoot, Virgin Galatica, which is currently developing a sever-person craft known as SpaceShipTwo, which sells seats for $200,000.  Over 200 people have already reserved seats aboard SpaceShipTwo and have put down their deposit of $20,000.

Lynx passengers ride along-side the commander during the 30 minute flight to 61 km above the Earth.  Although they are strapped down, they still experience about a minute of weightlessness and can look out the cockpit windows at the Earth below. 

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-Michael Strachan

1 comment:

Doreen Orion said...

I'm as adventurous as any gal (I live in a bus, after all), but I'm not sure I'd want to be one of the first to do this.

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