South Korean Space Center Selects XCOR's Lynx for Suborbital Operations

South Korean Space Center Selects XCOR's Lynx for Suborbital Operations

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December 17th - 18th, 2009, Mojave, CA, USA and Yecheon-gun, ROK: The Yecheon Astro Space Center announced today that it has selected XCOR Aerospace as its preferred supplier of suborbital space launch services. Operating under a wet lease model, XCOR intends to supply services to the Center using the Lynx Mark II suborbital vehicle, pending United States government approvals to station the vehicle in the Republic of Korea.

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Private spaceflight is really taking off (pardon the pun) Between Virgin Galactic debuting Space Ship 2, and this development, the chances of a real space tourism industry that doesn't require one to be a multimillionaire is becoming more and more likely. I for one can't wait until these sub-orbital flights become affordable.

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