Zepplins return to America! Learn how this retro-future venture relates to space tourism a recent article in the Space Future Journal.

Esther Dyson, an famous investor the early PC computer industry, has been moving her efforts toward new frontiers.  Her aerospace investments include not only Space Adventures, but also XCOR Aerospace, Airship Ventures, Coastal Technologies Group and Icon Aircraft.  She sees the viability of private space travel ventures.  On October 7, she announced she is training to be a backup cosmonaut for Charles Simonyi, who is preparing for his SECOND mission to the International Space Station (ISS) in spring 2009. Follow her adventures on the Flight School Blog.

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