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Here are all the ways you can get to space without being an astronaut

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People have been vacationing in space for 15 years.

The first non-astronaut to visit the International Space Station was businessman Dennis Tito in 2001, who paid a hefty $20 million ticket price.

But now plenty of companies have sprung up with exciting plans to bring more people to space, for fares as low as $75,000.

But that price should decrease as the space tourism industry matures into a $1 billion market by 2022.

So if you are patiently waiting for your turn to see Earth from above, these are the companies that'll take you there.

There are a few companies that already developing ways to take non-astronauts into orbit, for a price.

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But only one has, so far, actually pulled it off: Space Adventures.

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Founded in 1998 by American entrepreneur Eric C. Anderson, Space Adventures was the first to launch a private citizen into space after it negotiated a seat on a Russian spacecraft headed to the International Space Station (ISS).

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See the rest of the story at Business Insider

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