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Holiday in Outer Space

By Mike Hanlon

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Holiday in Outer Space

Holiday in Outer Space

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And don't forget to make sure you sleeping bag is attached to the wall and you're your pockets are velcroed to your trousers.

Getting your ticket into space will also mean facing even tougher tests than Shuttleworth and Tito underwent before being allowed on board the International Space Station.

NASA is drawing up formal guidelines for tests ranging from physical fitness and compatibility to language and computer skills that will set a benchmark for who will and who wont be allowed to travel into space.

Despite the fact that many technological, safety, legal and financial issues still need to be sorted out there is little doubt that space tourism will become a serious industry in the near future. According to study commissioned by Space Adventures, the sub-orbital space tourist market has the potential generate revenues of over $1 billion annually and if prices drop in accordance with demand and technological advances, would be tourists could be faced with a choice between a cruise to the Seychelles or a week on the moon.

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