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Old 07-July-2008, 02:15 AM
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World per capita GDP about $8,500.
World growth, about 5%.
Cost of a suborbital trip according to space tourism dude, about $100,000

So, about 65 years before the common person can afford a space trip with less than a year's income.

Note this is only a very crude back of the envelope calculation.
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