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purplecthulhu at 07:40pm on 13/06/2007
purplecthulhu at 07:40pm on 13/06/2007Is this news more than just a way for EADS to score a few headlines at the Paris airshow and a chance spoil Scaled Composite's game?
If it is, then we may see two reusable man-rated commercial sub-orbital systems in the next 5 years. If they prove a success then we would have a genuine space tourism market forming, and variants of the tourist vehicles could be used to launch smallish satellites into orbit for vasty reduced costs.
We've been here before, but could it finally be happening this time?
If it is, then we may see two reusable man-rated commercial sub-orbital systems in the next 5 years. If they prove a success then we would have a genuine space tourism market forming, and variants of the tourist vehicles could be used to launch smallish satellites into orbit for vasty reduced costs.
We've been here before, but could it finally be happening this time?