
Flights will depart from the Mojave Spaceport in the Californian desert, so you'll get spectacular views of the mountains and Pacific coast
Routine commercial travel to outer space may be the norm as soon as 2012, as the next generation of spacecraft — designed by private sector firms like Virgin Galactic, Orbital Sciences Corp., Space Exploration Technologies Corp. and others — transport adventure-seeking civilians into low-Earth orbit.
There, they can see the sun rise many times a day, and experience the breathtaking curve of planet Earth that only NASA astronauts such as Neil Armstrong or Buzz Aldrin have previously seen. If they want to extend their stay, they can check in to the solar system’s first orbiting hotel, The Galactic Space Suite Hotel, set to open in three years.
SLIDESHOW: Next-Generation Spaceships
"There are more projects like this going on than most experts even know about," Doug Raybeck, a futurist and an emeritus professor at Hamilton College in New York, tells FoxNews.com. "There are a lot of people developing this technology under the radar and they want it that way."
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How is NASA possibly going to hide the moon vegetables now? And the pyramids. And the moon tunnels. And the moon monoliths. And the moon face. And the alien base on the dark side.
This post has been edited by Sweetpumper: 05 November 2009 - 06:19 PM
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