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RocketShip Tours
IndustrySpace tourism
Founded2008
HeadquartersArizona, USA
Key people
Jules Klar

- Chief Executive Officer Rosemary Karlin - General Manager R. J. Watters III

- Director of Sales & Marketing
OwnerJules Klar
Websitewww.rocketshiptours.com

RocketShip Tours is an American

XCOR
Aerospace.

Jules Klar got his start in the travel business in

XCOR Aerospace to partner with, due to its record of reliable rocket engine development and technological approach towards suborbital space travel
.

In 2012 XCOR signed Space Expedition Corporation (SXC) as their new General Sales Agent For Space Tourism Flights.[2]

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Spacecraft

Designed and built by

Lynx rocketplane will have four liquid rocket engines at the rear of the fuselage burning a mixture of LOX-Kerosene and each of them will give between 2500-2900 lbf (11 120-12 900 N) of thrust.[3] The Lynx is projected to carry one pilot, a ticketed passenger, and/or a payload or small satellites above 100 km altitude. The occupants would wear pressure suits made by Orbital Outfitters.[4][5] The Lynx was initially announced on March 26, 2008, with plans for an operational vehicle within two years.[6] That date has since fallen to late 2011.[7]

Mark I Prototype Maximum Altitude: 61 km (200,000 ft) Primary Internal Payload: 120 kg (265 lbs) External Dorsal Mounted Pod: 280 kg (617 lbs) Secondary payload spaces include a small area inside the cockpit behind the pilot or outside the vehicle in two areas in the aft fuselage fairing.

Mark II Production Model Maximum Altitude: +100 km (+330,000 ft) Primary Internal Payload: 120 kg (265 lbs) External Dorsal Mounted Pod: 650 kg (1433 lbs) and is large enough to hold a two-stage carrier to launch a microsatellite or multiple nanosatellites into low Earth orbit. Secondary payload spaces include the same as the Mark I.

Overview

Suborbital flight tickets are now available ($95,000 per person with a $20,000 deposit).

XCOR Aeorospace. When operational, the vehicle will fly over 100 km (the Kármán line
, a common definition of where "space" begins). The time from liftoff of the Lynx until the touchdown of the vehicle after the sub-orbital flight will be about 1.0 hour. The sub-orbital flight itself will only be a small fraction of that time. The weightlessness will last approximately 5 minutes.

Competition

See also: Private spaceflight

Besides RocketShip Tours, there are

sub-orbital spaceflight market.[8][13]

Base

Test launches are planned to take place from the

Mojave Spaceport, where XCOR Aerospace is constructing the spacecraft. RocketShip Tours expects that initial passenger flights will take place there, as well.[14]

See also

References

  1. ^ "XCOR Announces RocketShip Space Tourism Venture". Aviation Week's Aerospace Daily & Defense Report; section: News; Pg. 5 Vol. 228 No. 44. December 3, 2008.
  2. ^ Chow, Denise (8 June 2012) Space tourists can hop on a flight in 2014, XCOR says NBC news, Retrieved 19 February 2013
  3. ^ "XCOR Aerospace Completes Successful First Test Fire of Engine for Lynx Suborbital Launch Vehicle". XCOR Aerospace. Archived from the original on 2010-12-22.
  4. ^ "Press Reacts to RocketShip Tours". Satnews Daily. December 12, 2008. Retrieved 2012-12-27.
  5. ^ "Rocket Ride". Aviation Week & Space Technology; section:World News & Analysis; Pg. 31 Vol. 169 No. 22. December 8, 2008.
  6. ^ XCOR AEROSPACE SUBORBITAL VEHICLE TO FLY WITHIN TWO YEARS Archived 2008-05-09 at the Wayback Machine
  7. ^ XCOR Ready for Liftoff - Sept. 13, 2010
  8. ^ a b "Can you spare $200,000 for a few minutes in space?". The Toronto Star; section: GTA; Pg. GT03. April 15, 2009.
  9. ^ "Sanctuary Camelback Mountain Resort & Spa". rocketshiptours.com. Archived from the original on 2008-02-09. Retrieved 2008-02-10.
  10. ^ "RocketShip Tours". rocketshiptours.com. Retrieved 2008-02-10.[permanent dead link]
  11. ^ "Lynx Flight Profile" (PDF). xcor.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2009-02-05. Retrieved 2008-12-03.
  12. ^ "Deep Field". Aviation Week & Space Technology; section: Space Entrepreneurs; Pg. 59 Vol. 171 No. 9. September 7, 2009.
  13. ^ Hollingham, Richard (25 June 2012) Space: A travel guide Archived 2012-06-29 at the Wayback Machine BBC News, Future, Retrieved 19 February 2013
  14. ^ "RocketShip Tours". Archived from the original on 2011-07-15.

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