Space Tourism competition heating up

An article at Economist.com notes that Jeff Bezos, founder of Amazon.com, is very serious about becoming a player in space tourism.

With Virgin Galactic having already signed up 13,000 people whom are ready to pay for a trip on the first spaceflights designed off Burt Rutan's SpaceShipOne, other players are smelling opportunity.

According to rumors, Blue Origin, Bezo's space company is already developing its own spaceship, but there is absolute secrecy about how far along the project is, but rumors indicate it is much further along than the general public realizes.

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