Space flight operators
| Space
Adventures Industry leader by virtue of the fact that it is so far the only commercial operator offering flights into space. Premium offering includes eight days in space, 160 earth orbits and the chance to live aboard the International Space Station. Flights cost tens of millions of dollars and are the domain of rich people.. More about Space Adventures |
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| Virgin
Galactic Yet to get off the ground but planning to offer weekly low-cost flights into space. The Spaceship Two crafts will carry six passengers and climb to more than 60 miles (100 kilometres) high. Tickets are already being sold for $US200,000, which is within the grasp of most people wanting desperately to fly into space. Flights will last about 2 1/2 hours. More about Virgin Galactic |
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| Xcor In March 2008 Xcor announced it would operate suborbital flights commencing 2010 at a cost of about $US100,000. Although its flights are suborbital, it is still expected to offer stiff competition for Virgin Galactic. More about Xcor Aerospace |
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| Astrium European aerospace company Astrium in June 2007 unveiled a concept for a "space jet" which would offer passengers a similar experience to that offered by Virgin Galactic, but in a spacecraft which could take off and land on conventional runways. More about Astrium |
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