Space Travel for the Rich

From: Mark Whittington (mwhittingt_at_sprynet.com)
Date: 10/08/04 

Date: 8 Oct 2004 09:13:10 -0700

The joy most people greeted the triumph of SpaceShipOne and the
prospect of a space tourism industry has not, it seems, been
universaly shared. Indeed, the political barriers to a space tourism
industry may be just as difficult as the technical ones.

This piece was written a day or so before the collapse of HR 3752.

http://www.washingtondispatch.com/article_10268.shtml

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