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Space Tourism from UAE
RAK writes "The only company to have sent tourists into space, Space Adventures, has announced plans to develop a commercial spaceport in the UAE, from where it will operate suborbital flights. The project will cost $265 million. The Russian-built suborbital vehicle called Explorer will have the capacity to transport up to five people to an altitude of nearly 100km in space, but the project's schedule is yet to be announced."
... do I get a window seat?
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You will never find a more wretched hive of scum and villany.
It's a good thing they picked such a quiet part of the world. I suppose it's so they can ditch over Iran, which is right across the Gulf, well within missle range.
...that read it as "UAC"?
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Forget suborbital flights. I would be willing to help pay to boost him to escape velocity.
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What you don't realize is, His Highness really hates being called that. Just like when Princess Leia got pissed at Han, he keeps going, "will you stop calling me that?" but since nobody's trying to get in his pants the way Han was, they never stop, they just keep it going 'cause they know it eggs him on.
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He might put you on His no-fly list for your insolence. :)
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