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.
No comments:
Post a Comment