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Space tourism and vacations on Moon are more science than fiction by the day. A few days ago, Virgin Galactic's spaceship VSS Enterprise, the world's first manned commercial spaceship, has taken its first crewed flight. The two men on board conducted system tests for little more than 6 hours while the spaceship remained attached to the mothership. The operation was a success and space tourism is now a step closer for the masses. The project is developing rapidly and suborbital commercial flights are due to start as early as 2011. But competition is fierce and space tourism is already getting cheaper. Initially Virgin Galactic intends to sell the tickets for $200,000, though another space tourism company, Space Adventures, promises to offer flights for almost half the price, although this won't happen until 2012 at the earliest. Anyways that is a big drop down from $20-35 millions, the price for a suborbital flight in the present.
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Space Tourism Is Getting Cheaper By The Day
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On July 20, 41 years ago, Neil Armstrong made his historic moon walk and said the famous "One small step for (a) man; one giant leap for mankind". The teams journey from Earth to Moon took four days and the first human footprint is believed to be still there, since the Moon doesn't have any weather that could have washed it away. Who knows, Armstrong's footprint might just become one of the next fashionable tourist attractions!
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