A London banker named Per Wimmer will be taking a 30-minute space ride in XCOR’s “Lynx” two-seat suborbital space plane (see our previous coverage) in 2010. Los Angeles-based XCOR is offering relatively affordable space trips at around $74,000 a pop.
Wimmer has also purchased tickets on Virgin Galactic’s and Space Adventures’ first flights –also set to take off in 2010. Those tickets are about 50% and 25% more expensive, respectively, than XCOR’s.
Says Wimmer, “It will be a real race to see which of them goes up first – but if it is Xcor, I will become the first affordable space tourist.”
Daily Mail [via Newlaunches]
I was going to reserve a seat for myself on some space flights, but the real issue is that none of them serve any refreshments during the ride. If Southwest Airlines can afford to serve me some Coke, then a $74,000 flight should be able to as well.
Any one else struggling on the same issue? I called them and got some crap about gravity and g-forces, pretty sure it’s scientific for “Economy is bad, we have to cut back”
The correct price is $95,000, not $74,000. See: http://www.xcor.com/press-releases/2008/08-12-02_RocketShip_Tours_to_sell_rides_on_XCOR_Lynx.html