Curiosity grows in space travel and leisure as competitor lowers cost

Joyrides in space are no more a remote possi-bility, as a result of the landmark Oct. 11 test flight of Virgin Ga-lactic’s commercial spacecraft. Virgin Galactic can have competition from Space Adventures, which is partnering with Boe-ing to offer a suborbital spaceflight experience. Technological advances and the prospect of competition within the marketplace are driving down space travel and leisure prices even before the first flight has been launched.

Now we’ve been to outer space

The first manned commercial spacecraft had been the VSS Enterprise which had been made by Virgin Galactic. That is what begun space travel and lei-sure. CNN reports that Virgin Galactic has a head start in becoming the world’s first commercial spaceflight line. The company has about fifty million dollars which came from deposits of $200,000 from 370 custom-ers. Even-tually Virgin could have competitors from Space Adventures, which is marketing suborbital outer space travel and leisure for about half that price: $102,000. You are able to get a ride on the Russian Soyuz spacecraft including a couple of days at the international space station. Of course, you’d have to pay $40 million for this package.

More rivals with outer space travel and leisure

There have been decades of the Boeing Company working in space-flight. Outer space Adventures and Boeing are working together for making space tourism possible. The plans are to use the Boeing Crew Space Transportation-100, or CST-100, for the flights. The original intention of the CST-100 was to get astronauts to the in-ternational space station very easily. It wasn’t meant for anything else. Space Adventures will broker seats in the capsule for private in-dividuals. The CST-100 carries seven people and can be reused on multiple rockets. Boeing expects the spacecraft to be operational by 2015.

Eat all you need without gaining a pound

A Russian businessman plans to build the first space hotel by 2016. The Associated Press accounts that Sergei Kostenko, CEO of Orbital Technologies, announced his intentions to build a private outer space hotel accommodating up to seven individuals. Orbital Technologies claims the first hotel built in outer space can be “designed specifically for tourists.”. It can be more comfortable than the international space station because crowding it with scientific equipment won’t be necessary. There would be dishes made on Earth for a weightless dining experience with zero gravity by celeb chefs.

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CNN

cnn.com/2010/TRAVEL/10/15/space.tourism/index.html?npt=NP1

Seattle PI

blog.seattlepi.com/airlinereporter/archives/221874.asp

Associated Press

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