Entrepreneurs promise outer-space holidays

The inventors and moguls of the infant space tourism industry predict there will be deaths along the way, but that it’s worth it so regular people can one day blast into outer space.

“There are going to be fatalities,” said Michael Kelly, a member of a group that is setting industry safety standards for space fliers. “It’s a risky business. In the early days of personal spaceflight this is not transportation, this is adventure.”