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John Carmack To Cut Space Tourism Prices 50%

Posted by samzenpus on from the everything-must-go-to-space-sale dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Looks like John Carmack, through Armadillo Aerospace, will be battling Burt Rutan and Richard Branson to make space travel affordable. From the article: 'Space Adventures is going to use an Armadillo Technologies rocket to launch amateur astronauts 62 miles into the sky. Nothing new, except that they will do it at half the price of Virgin Galactic's ticket, and in a real rocket!' Perhaps I'll visit space, after all."

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  1. There's a catch... by __aaclcg7560 · · Score: 5, Funny

    You're paying for a one-way ticket to go up into space. Coming down from space will be free.

  2. Re:Just a thought by MichaelSmith · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Doesn't Mark Shuttleworth feel like a sucker now?

    No, because Mark went into orbit in a fair dinkum Russian spacecraft, which he got to fly (partly) himself. The vehicle being discussed here won't go into orbit.

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