[cdg] Technology News - Holidays in space are on the horizon
- From: "Donny Duncan" <ravers_deelite@xxxxxxxxxxx>
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- Date: Sun, 5 Sep 2004 18:52:00 -0500
Pulled from NewScientist (www.newscientist.com)
When SpaceShipOne blazed a contrail into the clear blue sky above the Mojave
desert on 21 June 2004, it became the first privately built crewed craft to
reach space.
With that one flight, Burt Rutan's budget rocket plane broke the government
monopoly on spaceflight - leaving pundits excitedly predicting an era of
private sub-orbital space travel, with orbital travel and space hotels
beckoning. But is there enough consumer demand to support commercial space
flight?
Maybe, according to a 2002 study by the management consultancy Futron, of
Bethesda, Maryland, which boldly predicts that no less than 12,000 people a
year will be taking sub-orbital tourist flights by 2020.
Although SpaceShipOne's flight came well after the study was completed, it does
not change any of its basic assumptions, Futron analyst Janice Starzyk says.
"We made some pretty good assumptions, so we are sticking to these numbers."
Read more here: http://www.newscientist.com/news/news.jsp?id=ns99996347
Donny Duncan
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