Editing Space tourism (section)

=== Canceled projects ===
* [[Armadillo Aerospace]] was developing a two-seat vertical takeoff and landing ([[VTOL]]) rocket called Hyperion, which will be marketed by Space Adventures.<ref>{{cite web |title=The U.S. Commercial Suborbital Industry: A Space Renaissance in the Making |url=http://www.faa.gov/about/office_org/headquarters_offices/ast/media/111460.pdf |website=Federal Aviation Administration |pages=6–7 |access-date=July 29, 2012 |archive-date=September 21, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120921100648/http://www.faa.gov/about/office_org/headquarters_offices/ast/media/111460.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref> Hyperion uses a capsule similar in shape to the Gemini capsule. The vehicle will use a parachute for descent but will probably use [[retrorocket]]s for final touchdown, according to remarks made by Armadillo Aerospace at the Next Generation Suborbital Researchers Conference in February 2012. The assets of Armadillo Aerospace were sold to [[Exos Aerospace]] and while SARGE is continuing to be developed, it is unclear whether Hyperion is still being developed.
* [[XCOR Aerospace]] was developing a suborbital vehicle called [[Lynx (spacecraft)|Lynx]] until development was halted in May 2016.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.xcor.com/products/vehicles/lynx_suborbital.html|title=About Lynx|work=XCOR Aerospace|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100430002641/http://www.xcor.com/products/vehicles/lynx_suborbital.html|archive-date=April 30, 2010|access-date=April 30, 2013}}</ref> The Lynx would take off from a runway under rocket power. Unlike SpaceShipOne and SpaceShipTwo, Lynx would not require a mothership. Lynx was designed for rapid turnaround, which would enable it to fly up to four times per day. Because of this rapid flight rate, Lynx had fewer seats than SpaceShipTwo, carrying only one pilot and one spaceflight participant on each flight. XCOR expected to roll out the first Lynx prototype and begin flight tests in 2015, but as of late 2017, XCOR was unable to complete their prototype development and filed for bankruptcy.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://spacenews.com/xcor-aerospace-files-for-bankruptcy/|title=XCOR Aerospace files for bankruptcy|last=Foust|first=Jeff|newspaper=[[SpaceNews]]|date=November 9, 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://wayback.archive-it.org/all/20191216022907/https://spacenews.com/xcor%2Daerospace%2Dfiles%2Dfor%2Dbankruptcy/|archive-date=December 16, 2019}}</ref>
** Citizens in Space, formerly the [[Teacher in Space Project]], is a project of the [[United States Rocket Academy]]. Citizens in Space combines [[citizen science]] with citizen space exploration. The goal is to fly citizen-science experiments and citizen explorers (who travel free) who will act as payload operators on suborbital space missions. By 2012, Citizens in Space had acquired a contract for 10 suborbital flights with XCOR Aerospace and expected to acquire additional flights from XCOR and other suborbital spaceflight providers in the future. In 2012, Citizens in Space reported they had begun training three citizen astronaut candidates and would select seven additional candidates over the next 12 to 14 months.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.citizensinspace.org/next-frontier/|title=The Next Frontier For Citizen Science|website=Citizens in Space|date=May 5, 2012|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130313070048/http://www.citizensinspace.org/next-frontier/|archive-date=March 13, 2013}}</ref>{{Update inline|date=October 2021|reason=This date has passed. What happened?}}
** [[Space Expedition Corporation]] was preparing to use the Lynx for "[[Space Expedition Curaçao]]", a commercial flight from [[Hato Airport]] on [[Curaçao]], and planned to start commercial flights in 2014. The costs were $95,000 each.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.bild.de/reise/fluege/weltraumtourismus/lynx-ueberschall-flugzeug-weltraumtourismus-new-york-tokio-26888704.bild.html|language=de|title=Fliegen wir die Strecke New York-Tokio bald mit Umweg übers All?|work=Bild|date=October 26, 2012|access-date=November 4, 2012|archive-date=November 4, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121104180620/http://www.bild.de/reise/fluege/weltraumtourismus/lynx-ueberschall-flugzeug-weltraumtourismus-new-york-tokio-26888704.bild.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.xcor.com/press-releases/2012/12-06-07_XCOR_announces_SXC_as_general_sales_agent.html |title=XCOR Aerospace Announces Space Expedition Corporation (SXC) As General Sales Agent For Space Tourism Flights |website=XCOR Aerospace |date=June 7, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130401121629/http://www.xcor.com/press-releases/2012/12-06-07_XCOR_announces_SXC_as_general_sales_agent.html |archive-date=April 1, 2013}}</ref>
** [[Axe Apollo Space Academy]] promotion by [[Unilever]] which planned to provide 23 people suborbital spaceflights on board the Lynx.
* [[EADS Astrium]], a subsidiary of European aerospace giant [[EADS]], announced its [[EADS Astrium Space Tourism Project|space tourism project]] in June 2007.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/europe/article1909818.ece|title=Europe joins space tourism race|newspaper=[[The Times]]|date=June 10, 2007|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080511170315/http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/europe/article1909818.ece|archive-date=May 11, 2008}}</ref>