DailyDirt: Space Tourism vs Working In Space

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Even though there are less than a handful of ways for people to get into space right now, there may be a few more options in the near future to get close to space or into low earth orbit. If you have the resources, you could just book a seat on a Soyuz for $20-70 million. But for a bit less, you can book a trip on various vehicles without a decades-long track record. Or... you could be paid to be an astronaut if you have the skills, but the odds of getting selected are pretty slim. After you've finished checking out those links, take a look at our Daily Deals for cool gadgets and other awesome stuff.
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Filed Under: astronauts, leo, manned missions, soyuz, space, space exploration, space tourism, spaceport, spaceport tuscon, spaceshiptwo, vss unity
Companies: nasa, virgin galactic, world view enterprises


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    Anonymous Coward, 25 Feb 2016 @ 5:58pm

    Too rich for my blood

    clearly some people have too much money when they'll spend millions or hundreds of thousands of dollars for a thrill ride

    time to redistribute the wealth

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    Anonymous Coward, 25 Feb 2016 @ 6:04pm

    In space - no one can hear you scream

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    Tom Seidel, 2 May 2017 @ 3:24am

    Awesome Blog

    Thanks for writing the blog on comparison bw Space Tourism vs Working In Space !!! It will be really interesting in nature and i am grateful to follow it

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