First Commercial Space Tourism Company

uberdave writes "The Canadian Arrow team (one of the contenders for the Ansari X-Prize) has joined forces with Dr. Chirinjeev Kathuria, a leading American entrepreneur, to form a new corporation called Planetspace. The goal of the company is to make space flight available to the public within 24 months. Geoff Sheerin, President of Canadian Arrow, says that Planetspace has entered final discussions with partners who will establish a reality television show set in space, and with a company to hold an international lottery with space flight prizes. Planetspace expects to fly almost 2,000 new astronauts in the first five years of flying. Fares will start at USD $250,000 for a suborbital flight, including fourteen days training."

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Yeah and

[77Punker]

You will be able to play Duke Nukem Forever on the Phantom game console during flight!

Sadness

[MynockGuano]

...and today, a new standard of total sadness was achieved as it was announced that the first commercial venture to put humans in space will be in the form of a reality television show.

Re:Richard Branson

[Afrosheen]

Their nearest competitor, who is steadily gaining ground with the men in the lucrative 18-34 age bracket?

Whore.

Thank you, I'll be here all week.