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Europe Unveils New Space Plane for Tourist Market

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the another-toy-for-the-elite dept.

mrminator writes to tell us Space.com is reporting that Europe's largest space contractor, EADS, has just announced their plans to build a new space tourism vehicle. The new rocket, powered by liquid methane and liquid oxygen will carry passengers on a 90 minute round trip flight for somewhere in the neighborhood of 200,000 euros ($267,000).

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  1. Re:Cheap Thrill by L.+VeGas · · Score: 5, Funny

    $200,000 isn't that much to many people, so a target of 4,500 customers per year by 2020 seems reasonable. Quite right, young man. I spend more than that in a week on fresh orchids and chewing gum.

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  2. Is It Just Me... by Kozar_The_Malignant · · Score: 3, Funny

    Or does this thing look too much like the Planet Express ship for comfort.

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  3. Pricing by mqduck · · Score: 4, Funny

    The new rocket, powered by liquid methane and liquid oxygen will carry passengers on a 90 minute round trip flight for somewhere in the neighborhood of 200,000 euros ($267,000).

    How much for one way?
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