Comment Think BIGGER. (Score 1) 360
Who the fuck cares about space tourism. It's the wrong model. Re-useable launch vehicles are the first step to space colonization. Thinking in terms individuals having to pay the hefty $200k price tag is the wrong way to conceive of the possiblities here. Think more in terms of groups of people forming small companies and finding seed capital (or mortgaging their houses, etc.) in order to get into space to form burgeoning economies.