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Ask HN: What is a realistic timeline for affordable space tourism?

Posted by sjperez on Sunday May 31, 2020 @12:05PM
from the ask-hn dept.
With all of the excitement over the SpaceX launch yesterday, I have been wondering, what is a realistic timeline for affordable space tourism? By affordable, I mean an extravagant but potentially realizable expense for a middle-class consumer. Perhaps around the cost of a luxury car.
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Re:Ask HN: What is a realistic timeline for affordable space... by bitxbitxbitcoin on Sunday May 31, 2020 @01:03PM (#23370838)
How many middle-class consumers are buying luxury cars outright I wonder? Would you consider having to put a downpayment and then pay monthly with interest on a space tourism ticket "affordable space tourism?"

Whatever the actual cost - I do hope it happens in my lifetime.

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