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Space Tourism
Space tourism has become a bigger goal over the past few years as NASA
has announced they are cutting down on the ventures and the Shuttle will
be retired in 2010.
If you think also that space tourism is so expensive that nobody will want
to go, and then think again since there is a waiting list to be launched into
LEO and aboard the ISS.
Space tourism has been criticized as being a "playground for the rich."
And, while there may be some current truth to this, the vision for the
future is to make space tourism affordable and available to the middle
class in just a few, short years. While 'N Sync singer Lance Bass may
have fallen short of cash and Madonna was voted down in her request,
still many companies are working on making suborbital flights affordable
to the general public.
Tired of Disneyland and Magic Mountain? Been to all the major continents
and want more? Done all of the extreme sports and just can't get that
adrenaline rush anymore? Space tourism may just be the Next Big Thing
on your agenda in the not too distant future.
So, if you've got the bug to travel and have always dreamed of going
beyond the confines of Earth, that possibility may just exist sooner than
you think. You'll have to wait a few years to book your flight though as all
of the details are being worked out. Until, then come back to this site often
to see what others are doing