Starchaser Industries of Britain has unveiled a new rocket that it plans to use to fly tourists into suborbital space in 2013. The Nova 2 rocket, fueled partly by used tires, will launch as three-person capsule from Spaceport America in New Mexico, company founder Steve Bennett says. The company plans to test booster next year. Tickets will cost about $200,000.
Steve Bennett to run space flights by 2013
The Telegraph
Passenger rocket fuled by old tyres
The Mirror
“I’ll take tourists into space”
Manchester Evening News
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