New 'space jet' proposed for suborbital jaunts

The European company EADS Astrium said on Wednesday it plans to have a space tourist plane in operation by 2012. The vessel, which EADS plans to start developing in 2008, would provide tourists with a 90-minute suborbital flight, including three minutes of weightlessness at an altitude of more than 100 kilometres, says Francois Auque, president of EADS Astrium. The fare could be "around €150,000 to 200,000 ($199,000-265,000) (Illustration: Marc Newson Ltd/NASA)

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