America will still have manned suborbital missions then.
Either next year or 2010, Virgin Galactic, will resume sending
civilian/corporate test pilots into suborbital space, 100 kilometers up.
Civilian space-tourists will quickly fill the seats on SpaceShipTwo
shortly after the test pilots do their work.
I'm waiting to see a couple of our Habitablezone users fly with Virgin Galactic....I think JimO is saving money for a seat on the SS2,
and probably Phil too.
I'd like to go...I may have the financial means in a few years to go for it.
SWAS.