[extropy-chat] Millionaires in Space II, Russian Moon Cruise

[Mike Lorrey]

If teh below is legitimate, it appears that we have a new REAL space
race in the offing, between American private enterprise, and a
combination of Russian government and industry. With the continued
problems with the NASA Shuttle, it appears that the US government is
not up to making this a three way race... ;) The Chinese government may
beat the US Gov't in the loser series, winner to face off against
whoever wins the Energia/Scaled race... If Scaled-Virgin Galactic win
Bigelows "America's Space Prize", we'll see a Budget Suites Space Hotel
and Bigelows Nautilus Moon Cruiser going up against Energia's entry.

http://en.rian.ru/science/20050726/40973427.html

Space Tourism: two-week tour around the moon for $100 million 
11:32 | 26/ 07/ 2005 
   
Moscow, July 26 (RIA Novosti) - Russia's Federal Space Agency and its
major space rocket manufacturer, Energia, are working on a new space
tourism project, agency spokesman Vyacheslav Davidenko said Tuesday. 

They will soon be offering a two-week, $100 million package tour, to
include a visit to the International Space Station (ISS) and a tour
around the moon. 

Two tourists have ventured into outer space thus far: the U.S.-born
Italian Denis Tito, 60, set off to the ISS on April 28, 2001, and South
Africa's Mark Shuttleworth, 27, went there one year later, on April 25,
2002. The men each paid $20 million for their week-long trips.



Mike Lorrey
Vice-Chair, 2nd District, Libertarian Party of NH
"Necessity is the plea for every infringement of human freedom.
It is the argument of tyrants; it is the creed of slaves."
                                      -William Pitt (1759-1806) 
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