Space tourism’s price tag rockets upward

Excerpt from the September 19, 1964, issue of Science News Letter

Virgin Galactic's White Knight and Space Ship Two

BUCKS FOR BLASTOFF  The cost of space tourism today, such as on Virgin Galatic’s SpaceShipTwo, has far surpassed 1960s projections.

Jeff Foust/ Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 2.0

Cover of the September 19, 1964 issue of Science News LetterRocket Fares to be High for Space Passengers — Passengers traveling to a space station 300 miles above the earth by 1980 will have a speedy but expensive trip….