... travelling to LEO eventually becomes equivalent to the cost of a long haul flight around the world the fledgling space tourism industry will develop rapidly. As the frequency of flights increases and the capabilities of orbital platforms evolve and...
...the site as a spaceport, turning it into a major space tourism attraction, but this requires an agreement with Norway, because... is anticipated that, in the next 30 years, suborbital tourism may earn up to $22 billion while small satellite launches ...
..., when signed and ratified, did not adequately account for the future space reality – Moon colonisation, space tourism, asteroid mining, Mars inhabitance and other space-based activity. A significant portion of this new activity will take place...
... safety protocols.” As the Starship programme inches closer to flying humans, these challenges become more than academic. Space tourism, lunar logistics and interplanetary ambitions all hinge on the reliability of Starship – and on the balance SpaceX...
... than just an intellectual exercise and he expects it to influence policy and practices “as governments and corporations talk about space tourism, asteroid mining and cities on Mars”. The text (indeed, there are no illustrations) is split into three...
...Branson, Virgin Orbit is a branch of the billionaire’s Virgin Group of companies, which also includes the Virgin Galactic space tourism firm. Its main focus is the deployment of satellites. Unlike ‘traditional’ rockets which blast off vertically from...