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

by sjperez on 5/31/20, 4:05 PM with 1 comments

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.

  • by bitxbitxbitcoin on 5/31/20, 5:03 PM

    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.