Boeing is hoping to be able to get ahead soon. It wants to do this, says the Houston Chronicle, by getting into the tourism in space mega-business. Boeing hopes to get some approval from Obama although it already got $20 billion in government subsidies for transatlantic aerospace travels, which the WTO judges said was a violation of international trade law. President Obama is contacted after having given all that cash. The company has asked for one thing. It wants more funding when it comes to commercial spaceflight.
Boeing hopes that by 2015, numerous will enjoy space tourism
Boeing is hoping that space tourism can be possible with a National Aeronautics and Space Administration contract by 2015 for the capsule CST-100 to send astronauts to the International Space Station. The amount of seats would allow tourists to come for the ride. The Chronicle reports the capsule is quite big. The CST-100 will make it possible for Boeing to send humans to space, says the vice president and general manager of Boeing’s Space Exploration division, Brewster Shaw. Space Adventures, using Russia’s Soyuz spacecraft to book private flights to the International Space Station, is working with Boeing at present.
Despite the fact that Boeing seems to have it all, it nevertheless hasn’t won
In terms of revenue, orders and product, reports the Chronicle, Boeing is really the largest aircraft manufacturer in the world. The International Space Station also uses Boeing as its prime contractor. There are lots of things Boeing has on its list of things to do. It needs to get a lot done before space tourism can really set off. After 2011 when the space shuttle program ends, at least $18 million could be needed to make rockets and capsules to carry National Aeronautics and Space Administration astronauts to low-Earth orbit. Tourism in space would cost a lot more than that. We’re looking at high numbers. Boeing should be working hard since you will find other companies looking for the very same business.
Obama wants cash for commercial spacecraft from Congress
When it comes to seeing how much cash the United States of America government is willing to help pay for commercial space flights, numbers go fairly fast. Congress was told by President Obama to get $6 billion in five years. The Senate’s latest offer is $1.3 billion over three years, when the House penned a $150 million, three-year version. Clearly there’s a large financial disconnect at work, guided by differing priorities. Boeing has declared it really needs what the President has asked for. Without that cash, there can be really slow progress getting towards space tourism. It cost $40 million just to fly Guy Laliberte, Cirque du Soleil founder, to the International Space Station through Soyuz showing just how much the industry would cost.
Additional reading
Houston Chronicle
chron.com/disp/story.mpl/metropolitan/7203076.html
Google Tech Talk on space tourism
youtube.com/watch?v=yJDKzodiDjE
