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Posted by michael on from the down-in-birdland-yeah dept.

An Anonymous Coward writes "Forget Tito. Forget Shuttleworth. Private space travel is now a reality, now that eBay is accepting bids for travel to the International Space Station. I consider this a milestone for space travel, now that the average citizen-next-door can bid for a ticket as easily as buying, er, crap on eBay." Actually it appears that this is just the pre-flight stuff required prior to a trip - Note: Soyuz tickets sold separately, may involve a small added expense, if you get my drift. The real milestone is when tickets are listed on Travelocity. JFK->ISS, non-stop, no smoking, snack only.

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  1. No thanks by Brento · · Score: 4, Funny

    After a lot of Ebay deals gone sour, I've got a personal rule: never purchase from a seller with zero feedback. After they've sold at least a couple dozen of these, then I might reconsider. Heh.

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  2. What else to buy... by AstroMage · · Score: 4, Funny
    and after bidding on this on eBay, our intrepid space explorer can also buy himself some prime moon property, or go sign up at the Lunar Embassy.

    Heh, heh... ;-)

  3. Uhm, not spaceflight! by Daath · · Score: 4, Informative

    If I read this correctly this is _NOT_ a ticket to space - This is a ticket to the "International Space Station (ISS) Experience" - sort of like a disneyland ride... The ticket is for the, quote, "Orbital Pre-Qualification Program" - Read it. It looks fun though, if a bit expensive...

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  4. Reason for retracted bid by hitchhucker · · Score: 5, Funny

    I love this reason given for a retracted bid:

    wrong auction sorry.. thought it was for the other space trip

  5. Comericalization of space. Started by the Russians by jellomizer · · Score: 5, Insightful

    I find it Ironic that the Russians are the curent/firsts leader in Commerical Space flight. Basicly because a decade ago they were still a Comunist Nation and everything is supported by the goverment and a vacation in space would not be funded by private indrustry. And was beleaved that America will be the first to comericalize space. But now the American Space Launches are still controled by the government.

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