commercial travel to space

jbobn85

Does anyone know when will commercial traveling to space be available? I mean, I can't afford it but it would be nice to see the Earth from space. I believe such view can change a person totally.

Mr. Musk, while we appreciate all you've done with SpaceX, false question & answers will get you banned all the same. Stop trolling Elon!

(Kidding My opinion: yes, one day. Might be for once in a life treat money

NewBeefFarmer

O'Leary is looking in to it.. .

tricky D

A few have already done it: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_tourism

Karl Stein

You can get up to see the curvature of the earth (22 Kilometres up!) and space above you in a MIG fighter for about £10,000.

Not quite space but I'd say it would be an incredible experience all the same.

apollo8

You could pay a quarter mill to Richard bransons virgin galactic for a suborbital flight next year


Or you could enter a tv show:)

NBC says it's reached a deal with Virgin Galactic and reality TV producer Mark Burnett to create a television series called "Space Race," which will follow contestants as they compete to win a flight into space aboard Virgin Galactic's SpaceShipTwo rocket plane.

SpaceShipTwo is currently in the midst of flight tests at California's Mojave Air and Space Port, and could take passengers on suborbital space rides as early as next year. But it's too early to say when "Space Race" will air, or when the show's winner would fly, said Clare Anne Darragh, a spokeswoman for Burnett's production company, One Three Media.

More than 600 customers have made their reservations for SpaceShipTwo flights from Spaceport America in New Mexico, at a current price of $250,000 per seat.

kitnan

I don't know of mainstream commercial space tourism will be available in my lifetime, but until then i've just been living my space based dreams through Chris Hadfield's videos on Youtube.