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Spaceplane
The spaceplane was unveiled in Paris last week by its manufacturer, Astrium, part of the European Aeronautic Defense and Space Company, as the latest challenger in the space tourism market. Like its archrival Virgin Galactic (where the French designer, Philippe Starck, is cast in Newson's role) Astrium plans to take people into space and straight back again. It expects to charge up to €200,000, or about $265,000, for a ticket when commercial flights start in 2012.
"Marc Newson worked with Sogerma, a French company owned by EADS, to develop a new seat. Their solution was what Newson described as "a very, very high-tech hammock" mounted at two points to pivot on an axis whenever the spaceplane changes angle. "You're letting gravity work for you, rather than against you," he explained. "Whatever the angle of the aircraft, the passengers face upwards and their position relative to the Earth remains the same, until they reach zero gravity and undo their seat belts."
http://www.iht.com/articles/2007/06/15/arts/design18.php?page=1
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