Space tourism
In June 2007, EADS Astrium announced it would be entering the space tourism sector. On June 20, 2007 the company unveiled a model of the space jet, a one-stage sub-orbital hybrid craft, utilising both jet(1) and rocket(2) engines. The space craft carries four passengers and one pilot would take off from regular airports using conventional jet(1) engines. Once flying to the altitude of 12km the space jet rocket(2) boosters would then be fired and climb vertically towards the space. After reaching its final altitude of 100 km, passengers would experience weightlessness (anti-gravity) for three minutes. Tickets are expected to cost up to USD 370,000.
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About EADS Astrium
In Dec 2006, EADS Astrium, EADS Space Transportation and EADS Space Services were merged into a single company under the new entity name "EADS Astrium".
The new logo is a combination of the never released ASTRIUM logo and of the EADS logo, therefore a composite look.
There are three business units:
* EADS Astrium Satellites
* EADS Astrium Space Transportation
* EADS Astrium Services
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