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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[Neo's Nemesis]

since this came after Ansari X Prize, it didnt quite baffle me that much. but still was enough to make me think whether its morally right or not.

this would imply that anybody with enough of gold could easily become an astronaut without giving the least s**t about it.

sometimes they pitch for spending $1 for a poor kid in Africa and at the same time they talk of a leisure activity that costs $250,000.