Commercial Space Travel: 4 Things You May Not Know

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No. 1: Is Commercial Space Travel Reserved for the Rich?

Photo Credit: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center

In short, yes. Most people who have made it to space, for commercial purposes, have paid a whole lot of money to do it. Commercial suborbital flights, which are expected to start in the near future, will cost less than visiting the International Space Station, but it is highly unlikely that the average citizen, without a trust fund or an extremely highly paying job, will ever be able to afford travelling to space.

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