A Formula One tycoon has teamed up with the Dutch airline, KLM, in a project which is set to rival Sir Richard Branson’s Virgin Galactic. Space Expedition Curaçao is selling tickets at $95,000 each. this is half the Virgin Galacitc price and so far 35 people have signed up for missions which would leave from the Caribbean island of Curaçao, subject to regulatory approval.
SXC will lease the Lynx spacecraft, from the California company XCOR Aerospace
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