Tickets to Outer Space Increase Astronomically

by Neil Woodburn   Jul 21st 2007 @ 1:36PM

Dammit!

I've been trying to save up money for a trip into outer space and now they've gone and raised the price.

The first space tourists to visit the International Space Station by jumping a ride aboard a Russian rocket paid a scant $20 million for the adventure. Recent passengers have paid $25 million.

The word on the street, however, is that the price for the rest of 2008 and 2009 is expected to increase to nearly $40 million--mostly due to the falling dollar.

Dammit! That means another 200 years of saving my money before I can scrape up that fee.



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