Fruit Company Boosts Space Tourism
Offers sweep-stake for sub-orbital space flights
by Patrick Collins
Dole Food Products Inc, the world's largest fresh fruit company, is offering tickets for a sub-orbital space flight to winners of a sweep-stake it is organising.
Like the Suntory/Pepsi Japan promotion in 1998, this campaign is based on flights offered by Zegrahm Space Voyages
. Originally planning to start in 2001 using the "Space Cruiser" vehicle to be developed by Vela Technology, Zegrahm have said they will contract with whatever company is offering sub-orbital flights.
To learn more, visit Dole's web site.
The gradual increase in major consumer-oriented companies taking an interest in space tourism is great news. A large company like Dole could even pay to develop a sub-orbital passenger vehicle out of their advertising budget!
There's only going to be one first - so it is only a matter of time before someone takes the leap.
Like the Suntory/Pepsi Japan promotion in 1998, this campaign is based on flights offered by Zegrahm Space Voyages
. Originally planning to start in 2001 using the "Space Cruiser" vehicle to be developed by Vela Technology, Zegrahm have said they will contract with whatever company is offering sub-orbital flights. To learn more, visit Dole's web site.
The gradual increase in major consumer-oriented companies taking an interest in space tourism is great news. A large company like Dole could even pay to develop a sub-orbital passenger vehicle out of their advertising budget!
There's only going to be one first - so it is only a matter of time before someone takes the leap.
