China may oust its rivals from space tourism market

Pravda ^ | 07/09/07

[KevinDavis]

Just a few years ago, the idea of bankrolling starry-eyed ventures to fly ordinary people into space was laughed off as science fiction.

Now some investors are betting on space tourism as the next big thing.

The infant industry got a boost in June when a Boston-area investment group backed a private rocket company developing a spaceship that will take off and land like an airplane.

Pravda.ru has interviewed two space tourism experts to find out more about the future of space tourism industry.

[KevinDavis]

[Thrownatbirth]

China could in principal launch tourists in its Shenzhou spacecraft, once they have gained more experience in flying them, but they have not yet publicly indicated that they intend to do so.

The was the only sentence in the entire article that mentioned China. Pravda is the MSM's shining example of inflammatory headline writing.

[SunkenCiv]

They have a special school to learn that skill. ;’)

[RightWhale]

China would halt space development under the Treaty but would allow tourism. They will not do any more tourism themselves than the Russians, that is, launch somebody on the Soyuz or equivalent now and then.