The space tourism industry heats up with the announcement of a new space jet by EADS Astrium. This is the second company after Virgin Galactic, which has taken the "airplane to rocket" approach. The four-passenger jet looks like a normal aircraft...

Space tourism is on its full bloom with sub-orbital space flights and multi-million spaceports. The recent on that front is Space Adventures plans to develop an integrated spaceport in Singapore that will offer spaceflights, astronaut training facilities.