NEW YORK, NY - OCTOBER 28: Sir Richard Branson, Founder of Virgin Galactic, poses for photographs ... [+] before ringing a ceremonial bell on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) to promote the first day of trading of Virgin Galactic Holdings shares on October 28, 2019 in New York City. Virgin Galactic Holdings became the first space-tourism company to go public as it began trading on Monday with a market value of about $1 billion. (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images)
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'Star Trek,' Space Travel and Teleportation with Tig Notaro | Space
Beloved stand-up comedian and " Star Trek: Discovery " actor Tig Notaro is proud to be in the Trek universe, but isn't so sure she'd fly to space herself.
Notaro recently took some time to chat with Space.com during the weekend of the Bentzen Ball , an annual comedy festival in Washington, D.C., that she curates and performs at. During the conversation, Notaro revealed her feelings regarding human spaceflight, the importance of diversity and representation, and what it feels like to become a part of the "Star Trek" universe .
Why the biggest barrier to human space travel is in our heads
In 1945 British science fiction writer Arthur C. Clarke—now best known for 2001: A Space Odyssey— correctly predicted the invention of satellites, the first of which launched into space in 1958. Then in 1963, Clarke predicted that a man would land on the moon and safely return to Earth sometime around the year 1970—which Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin did in the summer of 1969.
Much of what Clarke suggested about our future in outer space, however, has slipped further and further behind schedule in recent years. For example, he predicted commercial space flights by the year 2011 and a manned mission to Mars by 2021. He also spoke of a manned mission to Jupiter by 2099, which experts say looks pretty unlikely at this point.
Yes, the 'Von Braun' Space Hotel Idea Is Wild. But Could We Build It by 2025? | Space
But, while any timeline for the creation of such a structure would be daunting, the Gateway Foundation plans to build the spaceport as early as 2025 (with the support of the space construction company Orbital Assembly).
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According to Timothy Alatorre, the lead architect of this space station, who also works as the treasurer and an executive team member at the Gateway Foundation, the Von Braun station is designed to be the largest human-made structure in space and will house up to 450 people. Alatorre is also designing the interiors of the station, including the habitable spaces and gymnasium.
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Space Travel: Redefining the Travel Customer Journey with Virgin Galactic | By Pier-Luca Rapin –
The experience at Virgin Galacti c's base in New Mexico will start six months before takeoff. Customers will begin their transformation process which involves physical and psychological preparation, building the tailor-made hardware, suit, communication gear and all the equipment necessary for a round-trip to space. Customers go from being on a waiting list to being labelled future astronauts , but it is only the beginning.
Four days before the actual flight, future astronauts will arrive in New-Mexico, experience a three-day preparation program and on the 4th day, they officially become astronauts by breaking Mach 3, breaching the atmosphere and reaching space at an altitude of 100km. The whole Virgin team uses this long preparation process to determine the motivations behind each customer's aspiration to fly is with Virgin Galactic and what they want to get out of this flight.
USF-NASA exhibit connects business, engineering-minded stargazers to possibilities of space
TAMPA, Fla. - In the 1960s, the space program was remarkable and almost unbelievable. That generation saw it become routine for the shuttle to fly to the International Space Station. Now, new generations are growing up in the era of privatized space travel, which could cause a new space race to take off.
"If you look at Elon Musk, that should give every one of these business students the confidence to do what he did," said former NASA astronaut Don Thompson. He spoke to business students at the University of South Florida's Muma College of Business Tuesday.
SpaceX's Starship Brings Cost of Space Travel Down to Earth | Digital Trends
SpaceX's much-anticipated Starship rocket could only cost $2 million per mission. Of course, $2 million is a lot of money when speaking in broad terms, but in space dollars, it's just a drop in the bucket for a multibillion-dollar industry.
Space.com reports that SpaceX CEO Elon Musk said that the reusable passenger spaceship would cost $900,000 worth of fuel per launch, which added in with other costs, comes out to about a $2 million price tag.
Richard Branson: Space travel costs will fall from $250,000 a pop | Fox Business
Virgin Galactic founder Sir Richard Branson discusses the affordability of space flight, fulfilling people's dreams.
If you don't have $250,000 to travel with Sir. Richard Branson into space, don't worry because he says the costs will come down just like they did for transatlantic travel years ago.
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"The $250,000 is about the same price it cost people to cross the Atlantic 100 years ago," he said during an interview with FOX Business following the initial public offering of his Virgin Galactic, the first space tourism company to become a publically traded company.
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