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Regular space tourism, then we're going to start to see how the business is actually going to pan out. but let's remember, as far as the new space economy goes, space tourism is just a small part of it. >> when do we get to the point -- we were joking about it -- >> yeah. >> where it's affordable? >> listen, you're talking -- you're speaking to the choir here, right? i want to go. well, look, when we started tickets were in the tens of millions. now they're in the hundreds of thousands. and there is visions for even getting it down to about $2,500. but look at what we're talking now. we used t...

Hours and experience g-forces. i think probably up to 3 1/2 gs for a number of seconds during the boost phase and then the g forces they experience on the way down. but i think it's safe and i don't really know how safe it is. we'll have to see over time. but i think the experience is benign enough and the requirements on the crew are low enough that you could have a pretty broad range of people to be able to have this experience, assuming they could afford it. >> interesting. all right. well, we'll see what happens. would you go up in one of those space planes, scott? you'd do it? >> you know...

Does China’s rapid military modernisation, drive China’s current space programme? (Part 2) December 17, 2020, 4:57 PM IST Dr. Maj Gen (Retd) Anil Kumar Lal is a Defence Analyst who has authored many path-breaking concepts on Nuclear and Space Warfare strategies. He feels that the future Military Forces would be dictated by a new concept of Strategic detterence which would be a combined effect of Nuclear and Space detterence. He is a third generation Indian Army Officer, who has participated in the many India-Pakistan battles including the Kargil conflict, 1999. A capture...

Will be less expensive and more efficient i guess, right? >> absolutely. the idea of space planes has been around for a longtime. the first space plane flew back in the 60s. it was manned of course, and this is another version of a space plane but unmanned. martha: general, does this give you increased confidence? we know that the space program has been curtailed a lot of people would like it to be fund ned a stronger way. we know that we are facing a lot of defense cuts, especially if we go off of this fiscal cliff. is this the kind of thing that you are glad to see money going into? >> absol...