Boeing Is Planning on Entering The Space Tourism Business

Boeing Space Tourism

Boeing has announced that it is planning on entering the space tourism business.

The flights, which could begin as early as 2015, would most likely launch from Cape Canaveral in Florida to the International Space Station. The Obama administration has proposed turning over to private companies the business of taking NASA astronauts to orbit, and Boeing and Bigelow Aerospace of Las Vegas won an $18 million contract this year for preliminary development and testing of a capsule that could carry seven passengers.

via The New York Times

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