Space tourism has arrived
A new hangar facility, Spaceport America, will be the home base for pay-per-view suborbital treks out of Earth’s atmosphere. The trips will be offered by Virgin Galactic, a spaceline operation backed by British billionaire and adventurer Richard Branson.
Story courtesy of Scientific American.
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Maybe not here, but is happening! I think your right in questioning if it really has arrived or not. Though now it feels like this is really going to happen as apposed to a grand idea put forward by Richard Branson. I think we are going to be very lucky to see this evolve into a genuine market, and possibly have the opportunity to experience it for ourselves!
Posted at Wed, 02/05/2012 - 8:35am | Author: 3817534
Space Tourism Has Arrived ??? I didn't feel the article convinced me that it had arrived. It was however an interesting comment on where we're at. I will be more interested to read a report when thing have developed further and when a more mature description is available. Things have developed a bit since the 1960s!
Posted at Sat, 04/02/2012 - 4:13pm | Author: 329594
