May20
Published by nerdeff in Adventure, Airlines, Asia, Extreme, Flying, Singapore, United Arab Emirates
The Space Race became an important part of the cultural and technological rivalry between the USSR and the United States during the 1960’s and the early part of the 70’s. But with all these efforts to date, only 3 civilians have been able to finance their multi-million dollar voyage to the International Space Station.
With the recent advent of the
Ansari X Prize, the solar system got a lot more interesting with the possibility of affordable suborbital voyages for the rest of us.
Space Adventures are working currently on
construction of two earth-based Spaceports that will offer suborbital spaceflights, as well as astronaut training facilities. The first facility will be located in Ras Al-Khaimah in the
United Arab Emirates, while
Singapore’s Changi Airport will grow to accommodate the second Spaceport. The both facilities will offer
suborbital voyages as main attraction. Space Adventures has yet to announce how much these voyages will cost tourists, but they are adamant that they will be affordable (for someone:) ). I am currently preparing some information about Space Adventures` tourist service so stay in touch…
