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First Commercial Space Tourism Company

Posted by timothy on from the quick-file-some-lawsuits dept.

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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  1. FP by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    FIRST!!!

  2. Completely Offtopic by metlin · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Did anyone else see the stupid Microsoft Visual Web Developer Express Edition Ad?

    God, that's by far the cockiest ad I've *ever* seen on Slashdot. How could someone even come up with stuff like that? Sheesh!

  3. shi7 by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    there are another folder. 20 LLok at the