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Space travel bookings in cyberspace

So now you’ve booked your Y2K party, what should you be doing to keep the excitement going? How about going into space in 2002? Or taking a state-of-the-art fighter aircraft for a spin? Or just going on a trip into weightlessness? It’s all available on the Web. But none of this is cheap. An outing in a fighter plane in South Africa is the lowest fare, but will set you back US$3,000, so that’s something you might consider next time you are in Johannesburg. If you want to be weightless with NASA, see a black sky above you and the curvature of the Earth below, or simply take a few flights in old fighter aircraft, then reserve your place now. And as there are only 100 places in the sub-orbital schedule for 2002/2003, you’d better book now and start saving the US$90,000 for the ticket.

Tue, 16 Nov 1999 13:35:03 -0800