Space Odyssey

Beginning in 2010, a number of companies will offer rocket-powered space flights that will take astronaut wannabes just past the Karman Line—the official edge of space, 100km above Earth—where passengers can experience weightlessness and view the Earth's curvature. Space Adventures sells trips that include up to five minutes of weightlessness ($102,000; spaceadventures .com). Virgin Galactic will provide three days of training and a chance to float in the rocket's cabin ($200,000; virgingalactic.com). And the Japanese company First Advantage has partnered with Rocketplane Kistler to offer space weddings ($2.2 million; spacewedding.jp). Now that's out of this world.

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