Tourist-Class Soyuz Spacecraft Seats Open

brandido writes "Put another notch in the belt for space tourism - Space.com is reporting that: "If you're looking for the ultimate in get-up-and go, take note: Tourist-class seats will be available on a Soyuz spacecraft bound for the International Space Station in 2004-2005. This off-planet trek comes courtesy of a deal struck between Space Adventures, a U.S. adventure travel firm, Russia's RSC Energia and the Russian Space Agency (Rosoviakosmos)." However, NASA has yet to be officially notified or to give formal approval, so there are still some speed bumps in the road map."

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Re:In flight entertainment.

[isorox]

Thats airplane 2 you dope, and dont call me Shirley!

Fsck NASA's approval

[SunPin]

It's like living with roommates... if everybody is paying rent then notice is only a courtesy. No need to mark this as flamebait. NASA is such a horrible agency that disgraces the men and women that live and die for a future human presence in space. It takes money to do that. Nobody gives NASA money because NASA doesn't know how to properly manage it. Or make more of it. Consider that one of the experiments on Columbia was to see if popcorn pops differently in space. That's clue #1 that NASA is out of gas. NASA needs to be reduced to an interstellar department of transportation and just manage the traffic. They really need to get the hell out of the way.