Saru Posted September 24, 2012 #1 Share Posted September 24, 2012 As the world's first commercial spaceport nears completion the project's future is called in to question. Currently, the Spaceport can count on two rocket companies that send vertical payloads into space and Virgin Galactic, the Branson space tourism venture that says it has signed up more than 500 wealthy adventurers for $US200,000 ($192,000)-per-person spaceflights. Read more... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
regeneratia Posted September 24, 2012 #2 Share Posted September 24, 2012 (edited) Robert. A; Heinlein said that the most economical manner to get into space was to either use the slingshot method or to create an elevator to a platform outside the atmosphere. http://www.kcspacepirates.com/ Edited September 24, 2012 by regeneratia Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waspie_Dwarf Posted September 24, 2012 #3 Share Posted September 24, 2012 Robert. A; Heinlein said that the most economical manner to get into space was to either use the slingshot method or to create an elevator to a platform outside the atmosphere. http://www.kcspacepirates.com/ Both those ideas are a lot older than Robert A. Heinlein. Konstantin Tsiolkovsky suggested something similar to the space elevator in 1895. However the Spaceport is being developed for short, suborbital flights and at the moment the rocket is still the most effect means of achieving this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Idano Posted September 24, 2012 #4 Share Posted September 24, 2012 I don't care who's first, I just want to go Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMacGuffin Posted September 26, 2012 #5 Share Posted September 26, 2012 Are they sure that it will cost $200 billion? If so, only the government would be able to come up with that kind of money. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr.United_Nations Posted September 26, 2012 #6 Share Posted September 26, 2012 Are they sure that it will cost $200 billion? If so, only the government would be able to come up with that kind of money. Richard Branson would, he is minted innit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
notoverrated Posted September 26, 2012 #7 Share Posted September 26, 2012 Are they sure that it will cost $200 billion? If so, only the government would be able to come up with that kind of money. i thought it said 200k Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waspie_Dwarf Posted September 26, 2012 #8 Share Posted September 26, 2012 i thought it said 200k That is the cost of a flight, TheMacGuffin was referring to this in the original artical: And the eclectic hot springs town of Truth or Consequences has been anxiously awaiting all the economic development the $200 billion project is supposed to bring to this largely rural part of southern New Mexico. However I suspect that figure is the result of a typo, Spaceport America's own website says this: The $209 million project has attracted worldwide attention because of its bold premise, stunning architecture and the fact that it is home to the world’s first commercial passenger spaceline company, Sir Richard Branson’s Virgin Galactic. $200 million would seem a bit more realistic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DONTEATUS Posted September 27, 2012 #9 Share Posted September 27, 2012 Anyway you look at it ! Sir Branson Is still the First to put in his two cents. billion ! I meant ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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