Running Low on Adventures

摘要

When the space shuttle retires this year, the only way to reach the International Space Station will be aboard Russian Soyuz capsules-good news for the Russians, but not so good for space tourists.rnSpace Adventures, a pioneer in private spaceflight, relies on Soyuz for its high-flying customers. Now there's serious competition for those Soyuz seats, as NASA begins snapping them up at $51 million each-$16 million more than Space Adventures customerrnCharles Simonyi paid last year.