Russia’s Space Tourism Ventures: Where Things Stand | Parabolic Arc
Via Scoop.it – New Space: A New Era In Space Exploration
The MAKS 2011 airshow in Moscow last week provided that nation’s often opaque aerospace industry an opportunity, if ever so briefly, to emerge from the shadows and shine in the light of day.
The annual event also gave us a bit of a peek into that nation’s commercial space efforts, which promise joy rides around the moon, a private space hotel, and a resumption of billionaut flights to the International Space Station.
And yet, amid all the hype, there’s evidence that these ventures, like almost everything else in “NewSpace”, are continuing to slip into the future amid fresh worries that there is not enough money to accomplish all of them.
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