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  • Spaceflight for tourists near reality

    12/03/2005 10:51:38 AM PST · by BenLurkin · 15 replies · 454+ views
    Valley Press on ^ | Saturday, December 3, 2005. | ALLISON GATLIN
    LOS ANGELES - A new space age has begun, one in which travel beyond Earth's atmosphere is driven by consumer demand to experience space, rather than governmental or scientific goals. Such is the belief of a new breed of space entrepreneurs, many of whom are setting up shop in California. "Eventually, we will get to the point where the minority user (of spaceflight) by far will be government" and the majority of users will be commercial consumers, said Peter Diamandis , chairman and CEO of the X Prize Foundation and the man behind the international Ansari X Prize space competition....