Here comes another player in the sub-orbital space flight market with the collaboration between Florida based company Xtraordinary Adventures and Rocketship Tours.

Reservations can now be made on the Lynx, XCOR Aerospace´s newest rocket propelled suborbital craft, for the princely (and lowest to date) sum of $95,000 - $7,000 cheaper than with Space Adventure and $100,000 less than Virgin Galactic.


Paying your deposit of $20,000 gets you a four day training course to prepare you, including experiencing hypoxia in an altitude chamber, an aerobic flight, and classroom training - pay the balance and away you can go from 2012. 


Still a very expensive and relatively short 'roller-coaster ride' to the edge of Space, but for the thrill seekers and adrenalin junkies out there with a pocketful of spare cash, I am sure it will be a must!

Back on one of my current favourite topics of space tourism, I saw this video today released by the company Space Adventures and couldn't resist posting it here! If you remember from a previous blog, this is the company that has gone into partnership with Armadillo Aerospace to develop a craft for sub-orbital flights priced at  $102,000 - around half the cost of a flight with Virgin Galactic.

Not sure what their time scale is though as at the moment I'm not sure if they have come up yet with a full-scale prototype, but Space Adventures CEO Eric Anderson seems to be a man prepared to put his money where his mouth is and so I have no doubt that they will come up with the goods.

Do you think I should I put my $4,000 deposit down yet?!