Space tourism

What is Space Tourism ?

Space tourism refers to the activity of travelling into space for recreational purposes. It is sometimes referred to as citizen space exploration, personal spaceflight, or commercial human spaceflight, and it covers spaceflights which are sub-orbital, orbital, and even beyond Earth orbit.

A Brief History of Space Tourism

So far, the Russian Space Agency is the only company that has successfully facilitated orbital space tourism. This primarily took place in the early 2000s, during which time seven space tourists were taken into space.

The Russian Space Agency ceased its space tourism operations in 2010. Since then, a number of private enterprises have started to pursue space tourism, resulting in various proposals in this area.

Dennis Tito visited the ISS for seven days in April–May 2001, becoming the world's first "fee-paying" space tourist. Tito paid a reported $20 million for his trip.

4 space experiences for all budgets

At the moment, these are the 4 spatial experiences that are already working, or almost working.

• Experience weightlessness

The price of this experience is $ 5,400, for a package that includes 5 hours of orientation, flight and final party.

• Suborbital flights

The price of this adventure is about $ 19,000.

• Virgin Galactic spaceflight

The price of this experience is $ 250,000

• Visit the Space Station

Prices are not public but estimates put them between 20 and 70 million dollars.

There are 5 Space Tourism Companies That Will Make You An Astronaut:

• Virgin Galactic

• Space X

• Blue Origin

• Orion Span

• Boeing

This year 2020

Nasa is to allow tourists to visit the International Space Station from 2020, priced at $35,000 (£27,500) per night. Nasa said that private astronauts would be permitted to travel to the ISS for up to 30 days twice a year, travelling on US spacecraft.

Nasa said that private commercial entities would be responsible for determining crew composition and ensuring that the private astronauts meet the medical and training requirements for spaceflight.

The space agency recently announced that it planned to return to the moon by 2024, taking the first woman there and the first person in decades.

Elon Musk's SpaceX sill send a NASA crew into orbit this week, It will be the first crewed orbital flight from American soil since 2011. Even more significant: It is the first time ever that astronauts will travel to orbit on a privately-owned spacecraft.

Source: BBC, Forbes.