Spaceport Sweden is now open for business setting the stage for human suborbital flights to space through the Aurora Borealis on what may prove to be one of the more interesting tourist desinations on or off the planet.The official inauguration of Spaceport Sweden was made today at Kiruna Airport beginning with the signing of a contractual agreement with Virgin Galactic to launch from the spaceport and carry commercial paying passengers into space from the location.
Virgin Galactic plans to launch humans to space from California and New Mexico within the United States and from Sweden from within the European Union. The space firm plans to take over 500 people to space in its first year of commercial operation and over 50,000 to space during its first decade of offering commercial spaceflights for people from around the globe. Prices will be in the $200,000 range initialy but experts expect those prices to drop rapidly. The European Space Agency (ESA) is supporting commercial space tourism.
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