Space tourism is a form of commercial space travel. It could include watching rocket launches, for a stargaze, or even travelling to a space-focused destination like the International Space Station. Additionally, it could also include trips into near-space with reusable vehicles such as the Blue Origin New Shepard or a suborbital flight aboard the Virgin Galactic SpaceShipTwo.
The term is used to describe more than just tourists since it also includes people who are on a mission for scientific research or other services. Dennis Tito, along with other multimillionaires paid $20 million for a trip to the International Space Station. Since then, a variety of companies have emerged to offer a variety of space tourism experiences.
As of late, most of the companies offering space tourism are trying to take paying passengers on flights into near-space with their reusable rockets. However there are a few companies that have plans to offer longer-duration orbital trips into space as well.
It is essential to prepare yourself for a spaceflight by studying as much as you can about the spacecraft as well as the flight and astronauts. It is also helpful to decide whether you will test what some astronauts or Cosmonauts call «stupid astronaut tricks» such as spins or flips in weightlessness, and also what souvenirs you’ll bring with you (such as a college pennant as U.S. astronauts Wally Schirra and Tom Stafford famously did on their Gemini VI spacecraft with a «Beat Army» sign).
As the demand for space tourism continues to increase It is likely that companies will soon expand their fleets and develop new spacecraft that can be used for both tourism and longer-duration orbital trips. As the industry matures it is possible that prices will drop for these trips.
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