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."

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Re:Ah yes...

[ghoul]

Hey Doofus

Except for Congo all of the above mentioned are within USSR's borders , on its borders or in Warsaw pact countries where USSR had a legal obligation to maintain the law. Never mind what your CIA brainwashed mind thinks but the Russians dont go play in other people's backyard. I am tired of the stupid people comparing Vietnam and Afghanistan. Vietnam is 5000 miles from the US. Afghanistan was on USSR's border. The Russian's going into Afghanistan was no different than the Israeli's going into Lebanon. Th American's going into Afghanistan is more on par with Osama's Hello to New York