Tuesday, April 8, 2008
Xcor Lynx 2-seat Rockets for Sub-orbital Space Tourism?
A california aerospace company plans to enter the space tourism industry with a two-seat rocket ship capable of suborbital flights to altitudes more than 37 miles above the earth. The Lynx, about the size of a small private plane, is expected to begin flying in 2010, according to developer Xcor Aerospace. Xcor's announcement comes two months after aerospace designer burt rutan and billionaire richard branson unveiled a model of spaceshiptwo, which is being built for branson's virgin galactic space tourism company and may begin test flights this year.
Xcor intends to be a spaceship builder, with another company operating the lynx and setting prices.
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Key words: Space tourism, two-seat rocket ship, suborbital flights, lynx, xcor, rutan-designed long-ez homebuilt aircraft, spaceship, virgin galactic
Xcor intends to be a spaceship builder, with another company operating the lynx and setting prices.
More from here
Key words: Space tourism, two-seat rocket ship, suborbital flights, lynx, xcor, rutan-designed long-ez homebuilt aircraft, spaceship, virgin galactic
Labels: Aerospace-Engineering
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