Popularity in civilian space travel is increasing as several of the world's billionaires have an ongoing friendly competition. As the space exploration companies send their first crewed vehicles to the edge of space, how soon will space tourism becomes widely available?
The Virgin Galactic SpaceShipTwo space plane Unity returns to earth after the mothership separated ... [+] at Spaceport America, near Truth and Consequences, New Mexico on July 11, 2021.
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US Senator Maria Cantwell is seeking to nudge NASA to rethink its decision to reject Amazon's Blue Origin space venture.
Wally Funk is an 82-year-old pilot who was denied astronaut wings decades ago because of her gender.
Richard Branson's space tourism firm is developing a new passenger spacecraft – and plans to set up more spaceports.
Opinion | Some one-star Yelp reviews of space travel from the near future - The Washington Post
[Richard] Branson's flight reinforces the hopes of space enthusiasts that routine travel to the final frontier may soon be available to private citizens, not just the professional astronauts of NASA and other space agencies.
… The orbital trips are too expensive for anyone except the superwealthy — Axiom's three customers are paying $55 million each — while suborbital flights might be affordable to those who are merely well off.
Opinion | A billionaire's space travel leaves a big footprint - The Washington Post
Regarding the July 10 Economy & Business article " Branson counting down to his next exploit: A trip to the edge of space ":
Yes, it was exciting to watch the birth of space tourism. But isn't it also just another example of how the wealthy stomp all over Earth, and now space, with their Sasquatch-size carbon footprints?
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This artist concept shows NASA Dawn spacecraft arriving at the dwarf planet Ceres. Dawn travels through space using a technology called ion propulsion, with ions glowing with blue light are accelerated out of an engine, giving the spacecraft thrust. NASA/JPL-Caltech hide caption
Oklahoma's Space Port Eying Commercial Space Travel Possibilities
Richard Branson's trip to the edge of space has Americans looking to the stars and officials at Oklahoma's spaceport say it's the perfect time to launch the state's second largest industry into the final frontier.
"It is prime time for the state of Oklahoma to be talking about Burns Flat, Oklahoma again," Lt. Gov. Matt Pinnell said.
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Happening on Twitter
Just so we're clear: Richard Branson (worth $5.3 billion) got $220 million from taxpayers in New Mexico (one of the… https://t.co/0asuC9FOXl DanPriceSeattle (from Seattle, WA) Tue Jul 13 16:27:55 +0000 2021
I dream of a day when space travel is available not only to billionaires, but to any person with a net worth of over $500 million. ConanOBrien (from Los Angeles) Wed Jul 14 18:09:01 +0000 2021
You don't get to "space is for everyone" without going through "those who control access to space are accountable t… https://t.co/izwIGnmyW2 AstroKatie (from Raleigh, NC) Tue Jul 13 13:17:27 +0000 2021
Infrastructure is one thing that stands out from space, from 🚤,🚉, 🚗 to ✈ and 🛰, the world is getting smaller. It is… https://t.co/7I9qpqoOSJ Thom_astro (from International Space Station) Tue Jul 13 19:59:22 +0000 2021
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