Boeing will fly passengers into space
Company is developing craft to travel in low-Earth orbit
Boeing, the aerospace company, has announced plans to offer passengers a trip into space, developing a craft that can travel into low-Earth orbit, Reuters reports. After reaching an agreement with Space Adventures to market passenger seats on commercial flights aboard a space vehicle being developed for NASA, the company has said it could take seven people into low-Earth orbit as soon as 2015. Pricing hasn’t been announced, but is expected to be competitive.
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