01 April 2020
Alcohol in Space
... subject, along with some of the commercial opportunities. While space agencies may continue to ban alcohol consumption in their spacecraft and stations, it seems inevitable that space tourism will eventually feature the occasional shot or bevvy. One...
08 December 2021
Japanese billionaire heads to the ISS for a 12 day stay
A Russian rocket lifted off on Wednesday carrying a Japanese billionaire to the International Space Station, marking the country's return to space tourism after a decade-long pause that saw the rise of competition from privately held US companies. ...
July 2014
The hypersonic grail: advances at DARPA, AFRL and beyond
... $1,000/ kg. A likely result would be the creation of true space commerce, which might include such businesses as orbital space tourism (in contrast to the imminent suborbital space tourism that will be provided by companies such as Virgin Galactic...
April 2019
Protecting our lunar legacy
...worked to establish the marketing and regulatory aspects of the private spaceflight business. He is currently proposing a space tourism hotel in geostationary orbit, known as Gateway Earth, designed to furnish revenues to support a new interplanetary...
October 2019
Time to overcome the expendable rocket mindset
...technology), within about 15 years. Achieving this timescale would require a large investment, which in turn probably requires space tourism to take off like a ‘craze’ - to become the ‘must do’ adventure activity - so that major players would compete...
November 2016
Microgravity and space research: Bringing the commercial market into focus
... 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...
