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Many people dreams to visit in space, but only few have a chance to be an astronaut etc. Space travel is new and expected way of travelling.
Many people dreams to visit in space, but only few have a chance to be an astronaut etc. Space travel is new and expected way of travelling.
A dream has a price. Space tourism is tourism in which participants pay for flights into space. Russia was the first country that provided transportation into space at a price 20-35 millions dollars. In 2001 the first space tourists flew with Soyuz spacecraft to International Space Station.
A number of start-up companies have sprung up in recent years, hoping to create a space tourism industry. Virgin Galactic is one of the leading potential space tourism groups. Company is planning to begin passenger service aboard the VSS Enterprise, a Scaled composites SpaceShipTwo type spacecraft in 2011. The initial seat prize is $200 000 (160 000 €). To date, many people have made down payments on bookings. Virgin Galactic wants to be the first private space tourism company to regularly send civilians into space. Spaceflights will last about two hours, and carry six passengers. The spacecraft will travel 110 kilometres high and you’ll float in a weightless environment.
If you want to go to space, it’s a high price to pay, but unique opportunity. Before space travel was only possible for millionaires, but now you can pay 200 000 dollars for it. Maybe in the next decade prices will drop a lot, when space tourism more takes off.
(www.virgingalactic.com,
www.space-travel.com.
http://www.federalspace.ru/main.php?lang=en, http://www.avaruuslennot.fi/artikkelit/avaruusturismi.html, http://www.mtv3.fi/viihde/uutiset/muut.shtml/1157323/jo-kolme-suomalaista-ostanut-matkan-avaruuteen)
Opportunity: Modern and unparalleled way of travelling.
Threat: Expensive for companies and passengers, money could spend on more important, such as to Earth’s problems.
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