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Commercial space travel has long been on the horizon, but in 2014 in collaboration with NASA, it looks like the dream is finally going to be realized. So far successful commercial space flight undertakings have been limited to the Russian firm Space Adventures. Dennis Tito, an American businessman was the first commercial tourist to visit the Mir Space Station on board the Soyuz spacecraft. Mark Shuttleworth and Gregory Olsen are the only other tourists to the space station. The price for a seat on board the Soyuz spacecraft was in the range of $20-40 million. Russia halted the program in 2010 owing to an increase in the number of crew members in the space station. Since then there has been a lull in commercial space travel. However, all that looks set to change soon.
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The preparedness of the big players in the arena of commercial space travel seems to indicate that commercial space flights will finally take off in 2014 and NASA is set to announce a few commercial crew transportation capability contracts by August of this year. This, NASA says, will enable commercial vehicles to carry astronauts to the International Space Station (ISS). Boeing Space Exploration has also completed a review of the design of their spacecraft named CST-100, which is their entry into NASA’s Commercial Crew Development program. After the review the propulsion system of the spacecraft has been given the go ahead for integration with the spacecraft which is now in the process of development.
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With companies all over Europe, America and Russia vying with each other to put the first commercial vehicle in space, NASA’s announcement about a significant milestone in commercial space travel seems to be all set to become virtual tour homes in az a reality in 2014.
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This year NASA’s four commercial space travel partners, Blue Origin, Sierra Nevada Corporation, Boeing Space Exploration and Space X are participating in a project called the Commercial Crew Program. Really? a) There are more than 4 commercial partners, including Orbital Sciences and Paragon Space Defense Systems and b) NASA s Commercial Programs are separated into Commercial Crew Development Program (CCDev) and Commercial Orbital Transportation Services (COTS). Do your due diligence!
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