Rutan describes plans for orbital spacecraft

Neil Halelamien wrote:

One-man version of SpaceShipOne may be next stage in development of
space holidays



Another X-Prize team, Space Transportation, saw its Rubicon One rocket
fail a flight test in Washington on 8 August seconds after launch. The
engines of the $20,000 rocket failed after it reached an altitude of
1,000ft (305m). Rubicon One's remains crashed to Earth 61m from its
launch site after its parachute system failed. It was carrying three
dummies representing the pilot and passengers.

They patched up Edwards and got him in the debate pretty quickly.



--
"And he did bring them. It took a number of years, but one by one he
brought them here. Except for his father, that old man died where he was
born." -+ "Elia Kazan, "America, America"

But the Chinese have a LOT of bikes, to go with your analogy. Craft that small
(one-man) would not have enough volume for cargo to make up the air the pilot
/tourist would use up at the hotel. No, cargo will have to have a different
vehicle, one more suitable for volume and economics.