into space tourism

More and more companies will realize the tourist into space. A California company, XCOR Aerospace, has unveiled details rocket plane that could fly into sub-orbital extent of more than 37 miles (approximately 59 km) above Earth.

Lynx, a plane made by XCOR, will be about the size of a small private jet. The aircraft was expected to begin flying two or more years in 2010.

Launching details plane's two seats in unison with XCOR Aerospace announced the entry into space tourism industry. "We deliberately designed this plane to fly and operate like commercial aircraft," said Jeff Greason, chief executive officer (CEO) XCOR. "Lynx will be the greatest vehicle in the sub-earth orbit," added Rick Searfoss, XCOR test pilot who is also a former astronaut and commander of NASA's space shuttles.

XCOR Announcement is out two months after the designer Burt Rutan spaceship and billionaire Richard Branson launched a new model of SpaceShipTwo. New aircraft being developed in space tourism company, Virgin Galactic, owned by Branson's launch flight test later this year.

According to XCOR, pending the outcome of negotiations, the Air Force Research Laboratory (AU), the U.S. has handed over the development of contract research and testing of various parts of the Lynx. There was no further explanation.

Lynx is designed to takeoff from runway (runway) such aircraft in general. Maximum speed twice the speed of sound (Mach 2). Altitude flying over 200 thousand feet (60 960 meters), the plane came down with the twist to land on the runway.

Shaped like airplane version of the Long-EZ Rutan design, the Lynx has two wings on the back of the body. Vertical wing tip shape.

Using liquid-fueled engines with clean burning (without pollution), the Lynx is expected to make several flights a day. "The aircraft is to provide affordable access to space for individuals and researchers," said Greason. Plane version in the future can be used for research as well as commercial.

XCOR has spent nine years developing rocket engines in a factory near the Mojave Airport, north of Los Angeles, California. Currently the company has developed and flown two rocket-powered aircraft. XCOR also in the business machine and a rocket propulsion system.

Lynx flight fare will be offered competitive. With an estimated development projects worth USD 10 million (about USD 100 billion with the exchange rate of Rp 10,000 per U.S. $ 1), Lynx tickets pegged to USD 100 thousand (approximately USD 1 billion) per person.

Half of the fee is cheaper than a set SpaceShipTwo of USD 200 thousand (about USD 2 billion) per person. SpaceShipTwo is developed after the successful SpaceShipOne as the first private rocket to reach space in 2004. With SpaceShipTwo, the passenger-maximum six people and two pilot-assured can experience 4.5 minutes of weightlessness (float) in the cabin before returning to earth.