Sites in Australia, the Bahamas, Florida, Japan, Malaysia, Nevada, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Singapore and Dubai in the United Arab Emirates are all under consideration, the Arlington, Virginia-based firm Space Adventures said in a statement.
Operations at the spaceport will include suborbital flights, a space flight training center and other activities.
“Securing the location of a spaceport will be a progressive step for Space Adventures in its evolution from a space experiences provider to an actual space flight academy,” said Eric Anderson, the company’s president and chief executive officer.
Two space tourists — U.S. millionaire Dennis Tito and South African entrepreneur Mark Shuttleworth — have flown in space with Space Adventures, and two more unidentified Americans have been chosen for space flight.
The price of a flight to orbit Earth is a reported $20 million, which covers the cost of a launch aboard a Russian spacecraft.
Reuters
