..., retrofit, and servicing, possible active orbital debris removal from LEO, solar power satellites, space mining, planetary defence, space tourism, hypersonic transportation, and commercial activities in protospace (the area above commercial air...
... vehicle assembly, astronaut training, zero-gravity scientific and medical experiments, microsatellite development, and space tourism. In August 2013, Houston’s City Council approved the formal pursuit of a commercial spaceport license from the FAA...
... B330 will have 330 cubic metres (12,000 cu/ ft) of internal space. The craft will support zero-gravity research including scientific missions, manufacturing processes, a destination for space tourism and a craft for missions destined for the Moon...
... applications - communications, broadcasting, weather forecasting, navigation, medicine, security and remote sensing - to embrace space tourism, space mining, space-based solar power, and the future settlement on the Moon and Mars. Along with this...
..., in the relatively short term, many more humans will have the opportunity to go into space through the development of a commercial space ‘tourism’ industry, these risks translate not only to the problems associated with the destruction of important...
... in private and commercial spaceflight, but financial analysts see a bright and profitable future in space-based commerce. Off-Earth mining, space tourism, and the vast range of services available from commercial satellites are just a few. Clean...