Lance Bass’s trip into space cost him around $20 million, but the European space agency EADS is offering people- and rich ones at that – the chance of a quick one-and-a-half hour blast into space. The trips, starting in 2012, will cost around 200,000 euros – and will give punters the thrill of experiencing three to five minutes of weightlessness at the height of their journey.

But anyone expecting a trip in a traditional rocket – EADS is behind Ariane, which launches many of the world’s satellites – can hold it right there. Astrium, the EADS division behind the commercial trips, unveiled its space jet at a press event in Paris yesterday – at least, the front half of the thing was…

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