According to an article on MSNBC.com, space rides are now being offered for their lowest price yet--$102,000 a pop. According to the article, "Virginia-based firm Space Adventures has signed an exclusive deal with Armadillo Aerospace, a Texas-based company founded by computer game entrepreneur John Carmack, to sell space tourist seats on new suborbital rocket ships that are currently in development at Armadillo."
The rides will take guests up to 62 miles above ground, where the craft's engine is shut down momentarily so the visitors can experience weightlessness and view earth's horizon from their location in space.
The full article can be accessed here.
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