Commercial spaceflight company World View came a step closer to carrying tourists to the edge of space with a successful test flight last weekend.
At Page, Arizona, a one-tenth scale replica spacecraft was carried by
high-altitude ballon to a height of 100,475 ft (30,624 m) to demonstrate
the technology that is intended for use in a full-size version slated
to begin commercial flights next year.
And with a note on the other end of the size spectrum for private access to space, reader Habberhead writes:
As reported first by Wired Magazine and followed on by others including Discovery News, start-up company ThumbSat is aiming to provide turn-key access to space for students, experimenters and citizen scientists
with a new femto-satellite and creative business model.
Small payloads
and experiments in space for $20k, including the launch?
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