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Two New Space Tourists Announced
jfoust writes "Reuters is reporting that the space tourism company Space Adventures has signed up two Americans, at $20 million each, to fly on future Soyuz missions to the ISS. No details about who these people are, other than one is a 38-year-old male Manhattan real estate developer. One will fly in 2004 and the other in 2005. If you haven't quite saved up the $20 million yet, don't worry, the company is still looking for at least two additional tourists for flights through 2007..."
300? The ISS is only 300 miles away from earth.
insurance policies don't need lots of people, you can buy special insurance for 'disasters'.
the funny thing about 911 was how they had insurance for one of the towers falling down but not both.
I don't think there are any private companies running this yet. They tourists are going up via the russian space agency, and not a private company.
Now, if that makes sense to anyone, could you please explain it to me? I think I've confused myself.
Save your money and wait for private enterprise to catch up. It may not be that far away.
With the good news that Scaled Composites' SpaceShipOne flew beyond the speed of sound yesterday, affordable space tourism may be possible within our lifetimes. Granted, Scaled may yet have quite a long way to go to reach space, but they made a leap in the right direction on an historic day. My money's on Burt Rutan and his team to take the X-Prize (but I'd have said that before yesterday).
So if you're say, under 40, there's a good chance you could be able to visit space before your 60th birthday. So be patient. It won't be a seller's market forever.
"Folks just call him Buckethead." -- Les Claypool
They are using Soyuz, not a space shuttle.
It has been over 30 years since last deadly accident for a Soviet/Russian spacecraft.
Now, that's not strictly true.
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