Space exploration is an increasingly profitable sector and billionaires are cashing in. Since Elon Musk's success with SpaceX, other entrepreneurs have hopped on the train — Richard Branson founded Virgin Galactic and Jeff Bezos started Blue Origin.
Many are upset billionaires are investing in space while climate change remains a growing concern. Though the ultra-rich investing in space travel is a blatant display of wealth, it's actually one of the better ways they are using their money.
Dune: How Space Travel Happened Before Spice Was Discovered
In the film Dune , interstellar space travel and spice are interconnected, with the former only being possible by means of the latter—so how did it happen before spice was discovered?
However, since spice is only available in the deserts of Arrakis, it begs the question of how exactly space travel was possible before humans colonized the planet and became aware of the substance and all the benefits that it could afford.
Prince William is wrong: Space travel may save our planet | Commentary - Orlando Sentinel
After William Shatner's remarkable and immensely positively received flight aboard Blue Origin's New Shepard rocket on Oct. 13, a few sourpuss celebrities went against the trend to criticize the 90-year-old Captain Kirk and his new status as the oldest human being in space.
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These New Space Balloons Want to Bring First-Class Travel to Space – Robb Report
If you want to go to space but don’t feel like strapping yourself to a rocket—or can’t afford the airfare—consider a balloon to what World View CEO Ryan Hartman calls, “the edge of space.”
Of course, that “edge” is somewhat fuzzy. There’s no universally agreed upon point at which space begins, but the boundary is generally considered to lie somewhere between 50 and 62 miles above Earth’s surface.
'Space Titans' goes inside a billionaires' space race on Discovery+ (exclusive clip) | Space
In "Space Titans," a new documentary launching today (Nov. 4), SpaceX founder Elon Musk shares the secret of his company's Falcon 9 rocket success.
Related: Discovery Channel's 'Who Wants To Be An Astronaut' will launch a contest winner into orbit
Clendaniel: Space 2.0. Where will the next technological wave take us?
I remember not being able to sit still as I watched John Glenn’s spacecraft in the minutes before lifting off from Cape Canaveral in 1962, making him the first American to orbit Earth.
As much as many of us would love to scratch rocketing into space off of our travel bucket lists, it’s not the anticipation of space travel that most excites former San Jose astronaut Steve Smith about the future of the space industry. Or me. With good reason.
Tom Hanks, Katy Perry and other celebs who have considered spaceflight
"It costs 28 million bucks or something like that," Hanks told Kimmel, "I'm doing good, Jimmy. I'm doing good, but I ain't paying 28 (million) bucks."
"I'm so into extraterrestrial stuff," Perry told MTV News at the time. "It's very difficult for me to look up into the sky in the middle of the night and not think that our planet is one of ... a bajillion. It's really, really small.
Why Tom Hanks Turned Down a Trip to Space With Jeff Bezos | Entertainment Tonight
"Provided I pay," Hanks said of the catch to his potential space travel. "It costs like 28 million bucks or something like that. I'm doing good, Jimmy. I'm doing good, but I ain't paying 28 [million] bucks."
The actor went on to insist that he, Kimmel and the studio audience "could simulate the experience of going to space right now."
Space Perspective planning to offer world's first luxury spaceflight experience as 'space
Space Perspective plans to deliver a distinctly unique space travel experience focused on price, longevity and luxury.
Virgin Galactic and Blue Origin have made sub-orbital space travel a reality for those travel adventurers and space explorers with the desire and disposable income to pay up to $450,000 for a ticket.
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