Suborbital flights

More affordable suborbital space tourism is viewed as a money-making proposition by several other companies, including

Space Adventures

Virgin Galactic

Starchaser

Blue Origin

Armadillo Aerospace

XCOR Aerospace

Rocketplane Limited, the European "Project Enterprise". and others.Most are proposing vehicles that make suborbital flights peaking at an altitude of 100-160 kilometres. Passengers would experience three to six minutes of weightlessness, a view of a twinkle-free starfield, and a vista of the curved Earth below. Projected costs are expected to be about $200,000 per passenger.