A Florida is looking to take the concept of fractional aircraft ownership to entirely new heights — space. Aurora Aerospace is looking for investors with $100,000 to $1 million to spend to help it purchase one of XCOR’s Lynx suborbital vehicle on a fractional ownership basis, said company co-founder Howard Chipman. Investors would share in the profits from commercial operations and also have an opportunity to ride on the vehicle […]

A new center catering to adventure travelers and would-be space tourists opened its doors at the St. Petersburg-Clearwater International Airport in  Florida.

Aurora Aerospace began operating on May 1 as a “Space Camp on steroids,” offering customized programs that include flight training, high altitude jet rides, spacecraft simulations, academic training and more, said CEO Howard Chipman.

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