Do you want to access to this and other private contents?
Log in if you are a subscriber or click here to request service
Space tourism: USD 30.000 will be "sufficient" in ten years to perform a sub-orbital trip
Washington, USA - US analysts would appear convinced of it
Recent estimates with reference to costs for the future so called "space tourism" appear quite confident. US analysts in fact, especially regarding the X-Prize programme (see for details AVIONEWS), would think that a sub-orbital trip could cost about USD 30.000 soon, but "advantages" will be self-evident only in ten or twenty years. Reasons for a so high cost regarding a such complicated operation...
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 101217
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency