bookings for space trip open

britexpat
By britexpat

Forget London, New york, Trivenrarararararadaum, Beijing..

A travel agency in UAE is officially opening bookings for an out-of-this-world holiday.

 The engine starts running, but instead of vertically, you move horizontally.

At a speed of 4,000kmph you travel to an altitude of 103km.

The engine switches off. You have become weightless. You are now officially in space.

At $100,000 (Dh367,000) a head, tickets are now available in the UAE. Return ticket, i.e.

Only one person will be permitted in the space ship per trip and this person will share the cockpit with the pilot.

Local travel agent Alchemy Tourism and Travel and the Netherlands-based Space Expedition Corporation (SXC) this week jointly launched their Space Tourism Programme in the GCC.

The flights are scheduled to take off by end of 2014.

Currently, there are two stations from where the SXC will take off; one in Mohavy, USA and one in Curacao, in the Caribbean.

Although Mohavy is a common departure place for space travel, Curacao is a destination selected by SXC for its suitable circumstances.

The space shuttle will take off four times per day.

There are several travel packages available with possible accommodation at the take-off location and transportation arrangements.

 

Prize for anyone who spots the silly mistake in the article :O)

By Special Blend• 14 Nov 2013 14:10
Special Blend

Thank you!! I am excited about the prize. :))

By britexpat• 14 Nov 2013 13:20
britexpat

Special Blend: YOU get the prize. It is pronounced Mohavy , but spelt as Mojave :O)

By britexpat• 14 Nov 2013 13:20
britexpat

Special Blend: YOU get the prize. It is pronounced Mohavy , but spelt as Mojave :O)

By Rizks• 14 Nov 2013 12:56
Rizks

itz Trivendarum and not 'Trivenrarararararadaum'.....:)

By Rizks• 14 Nov 2013 12:27
Rizks

or may be the write forgot to put a Full Stop somewhere ? :(

By Special Blend• 14 Nov 2013 12:16
Special Blend

Allow me another try, brit. :) Maybe the writer misspelled 'mohavy' or 'Trivenrarararararadaum'?

By Rizks• 14 Nov 2013 12:14
Rizks

"Trivenrarararararadaum" this is the mistake ? :)

By zafirah• 14 Nov 2013 11:31
zafirah

"the engine switches off"....

so what is the mistake Brit?

By Rizks• 14 Nov 2013 11:27
Rating: 3/5
Rizks

but 100,000$ is too much ! :(

By Rizks• 14 Nov 2013 11:24
Rizks

Thank you Thelo for the alert !

Then the only option is i will sit in some corner in Space....:(

Oh wait my bum will too be weightless - right ? :)

By Rizks• 14 Nov 2013 11:01
Rizks

OK OK, will stitch some weights to my lungis so tat it doesnt fly here and there...:(

By britexpat• 14 Nov 2013 10:50
britexpat

Rizks: You ninny. It says that you will be weightless in space. This means that the Lungi may attain a life of its own :O(

By Amr_essam• 14 Nov 2013 10:49
Rating: 4/5
Amr_essam

@rizks at a $100,000 price tag, you can go wearing a bikini lol

By Rizks• 14 Nov 2013 10:44
Rizks

any special uniform to be worn while traveling to Space or i can board in my velvet Lungi's ?

By modi7833• 14 Nov 2013 10:17
Rating: 5/5
modi7833

altitude of 103km is wrong

By britexpat• 14 Nov 2013 10:12
britexpat

N0.. Its a very simple mistake by the writer ..

By Special Blend• 14 Nov 2013 09:42
Rating: 5/5
Special Blend

Mistake: The space shuttle will take off four times a day!

By britexpat• 14 Nov 2013 09:36
britexpat

No and NO!

By GodFather.• 14 Nov 2013 09:32
Rating: 4/5
GodFather.

Vertically and Horizontally! wrong way around I'd say!

By Molten Metal• 14 Nov 2013 09:28
Rating: 2/5
Molten Metal

There'r two mistakes , actually ....

Who will pay that much to come back to this world again ? ..... Thu, 14.11.2013 , 09.28 hrs ....

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