Do you have a dream vacation? Here's mine.

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Orbitize Me

Just about everyone has a dream vacation destination. Mine is outer space. Seeing earth from space is on my list of 10 things to do before I die. But, space travel ticket prices are out of this world! How on earth can a common Joe (or in my case, Joette) ever afford this once-in-a-lifetime experience? Anyone out there have any suggestions? All legal ideas welcome. Share your thoughts in the guestbook.

 

Frame grab from movie:

Le Voyage dans la Lune

by George Melies

via: http://www.archive.org/details/Levoyagedanslalune

 

 


 

Space Tourism Companies

Hope a meal is included in round-trip fare

Space Adventures Round Trip Ticket: $102,000 http://www.spaceadventures.com

Star Chaser Round Trip Ticket: $199,000
http://www.starchaser.co.uk

http://www.virgingalactic.com
Virgin Galactic Round Trip Ticket: $200,000

This is for real, readers. You can actually travel to outer space. On the Star Chaser website, I signed up on their waiting list to be an astronaut. Received a letter from them at the end of May inviting me to their micro-gravity training session on 11/24/07. Cost? $1,874, plus hotel, meals and airfare to get to the Kennedy Space Center.

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Reader Feedback

  • margproperties Nov 14, 2011 @ 1:06 am | delete
    My dream vacation in Florida and I just love that beach.

    Marg Properties
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  • winbackyourex Oct 25, 2011 @ 9:42 pm | delete
    Good information, thank you. Appreciate it if you could check out my page on the LeapPad Explorer... Thanks in advance!
  • thebestvillas May 9, 2011 @ 1:56 am | delete
    For me it is always Floirda.

    Florida villas
  • RascalO Jan 19, 2011 @ 10:15 pm | delete
    the cool things is technology is moving fast enough that we may still see affordable space flight in our lifetime. you know if Virgin is doing it then its getting close to mainstream. And with the abundance of Japan and other Asian countries getting into the space act, who knows?! In the interim for a more down to earth holiday I reccomend Kahuna/a> in South Australia. For some people Australia is about as far awar as the moon...! Love the lens, thanks for the great work.
  • FamilyVacations Nov 10, 2010 @ 4:29 am | delete
    Going on an outer space excursion would be the ultimate vacation.
    Hawaii Golf Vacations
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