The European aerospace giant EADS is going into the space tourism business.

Its Astrium division says it will build a space plane capable of carrying fare-paying passengers on a sub-orbital ride more than 100km above the planet.

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Tickets are expected to cost up to 200,000 euros (£135,000), with flights likely to begin in 2012.

Full Story: BBC.

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