Author Topic: Russians Halt Tourist ISS Trips (Read 2128 times)

mlorrey · « **on:** 11/29/2009 08:15 pm »

http://arxiv.org/ftp/arxiv/papers/0801/0801.2223.pdf

Thu Nov 26, 6:46 am ET

STAR CITY, Russia – There is no space for tourists wishing to fly to the International Space Station, a top Russian space official said Thursday.

generic_handle_42 · « **Reply #1 on:** 11/29/2009 08:42 pm »

Am I missing something here? The linked pdf seems to be a research paper on "Cloaking of Matter Waves".

AlexInOklahoma · « **Reply #2 on:** 11/29/2009 09:12 pm »

http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5jLLA8yjgYOOS248H3lvGjGMOWZ0AD9C75SU00

May be what was meant? Interesting pdf in the above link, though

Alex

Analyst · « **Reply #3 on:** 11/30/2009 06:54 am »

There goes the big and only "market", the only "commercial hope" HSF advocates bring up.

Analyst

gospacex · « **Reply #4 on:** 11/30/2009 07:23 am »

American tourists from NASA travel agency, take note

ChrisSpaceCH · « **Reply #5 on:** 11/30/2009 07:40 am »

Quote from: Analyst on 11/30/2009 06:54 am

There goes the big and only "market", the only "commercial hope" HSF advocates bring up.

LOL, well, well, well... Looks like the ESA experts, who claimed "space tourism" was a hoax and caught a lot of flak for it on this and other forums were right after all...

http://www.spacenews.com/commentaries/091116-space-tourism-hoax.html

Thats what happens when our soaring dreams of greatness hit the hard wall of reality.