Carol Forsloff - Want to take a trip into outer space? Boeing is working on the ultimate space adventure, so people can travel into space to the International Space Station and other space stations as part of an adventure trip.
This ultimate space adventure is being planned jointly by a firm called Space Adventures and Boeing Aircraft Company, according to a report of Kurzweil Intelligence.
These adventurous trips are scheduled for 2015 with the first test flights scheduled to be launched then. Space capsules, placed on top of expendable rockets, are designed to take travelers to the International Space Station. Other private space stations will be included as they are developed.
While the idea of traveling to outer space has been a dream wish of people since they gazed at the stars in wonder over what lies beyond our world, the reality of this adventure is signaled by Boeing's new project.
Even John Denver, the folk singer- composer who died in an airplane crash in 1997, had a dream to go into space as one of the first ordinary citizens to travel to one of the space stations. There were many stories about Denver's passions for flying and outer space, as he was licensed to fly airplanes and flew the Space Shuttle simulator. Among Denver's many accomplishments and awards was NASA's public service medal for helping "increase awareness of space explorations by the people of the world."
With Boeing's new venture, people will be able to realize Denver's dream, although it will likely come with a hefty price tag to be among the first ordinary citizens to travel into outer space just for the adventure.
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