Xcor Aerospace announced its intention of introducing private suborbital space flights in 2010. The company plans to build the Lynx, a two seat spaceship that is about the size of a private aircraft. The Lynx ride will let passengers experience weightlessness at the edge of outer space for about four and a half minutes.
"Lynx will be the greatest ride off Earth," said XCOR test pilot, former pilot astronaut and Space Shuttle commander, Col. Rick Searfoss (USAF-Ret.). He notes that passengers will be able to see stars and the Earth from space while riding up front, sitting next to the pilot.
Xcor has been developing rocket propulsion systems for nine years. It claims that the Lynx will be fully reusable, burn cleanly, and will have minimal impact on the environment.
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- I think 4 minutes or so is a pretty
meager amount of time to offer for
the amount of money this will no
doubt cost. Surely they could manage
a half hour or so somehow. It will
be inter... (Read the rest) - Posted by: wa1den_b@... Posted on: 04/01/08 You are currently: Logged In | Log out
 200,000 What? joelwhitehouse@... | 03/31/08 |
  200,000 feet Lizzie_B | 04/01/08 |
| RE: (Images: Xcor rockets private space flights) wa1den_b@... | 04/01/08 |
What do you think?
