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- Swell spacecraft. // New Scientist;7/22/2006, Vol. 191 Issue 2561, p7
The article presents information about Genesis I, a test version of an inflatable space hotel. The hotel prototype blew apart in space on July 12, 2006. The hotel was launched using the Russian Dnepr rocket from Yasny, Russia. The launch was a part of a project that includes the launch of nine...
- Space Tourism: A Remedy For 'Crisis In Aerospace' Collins, Patrick // Aviation Week & Space Technology;12/10/2001, Vol. 155 Issue 24, p98
Discusses the future of space tourism. Obstacles to space tourism, including governments' monopoly status in space travel; Belief that cost would not be a barrier to space tourism because of demand for the experience; Perceived potential for world economic growth from commercial space travel.
- Ticket to SPACE. DRIMMER, STEPHANIE WARREN // National Geographic Kids;Nov2014, Issue 445, p28
The article reports that at the end of 2014, spaceflight company Virgin Galactic is hoping to start sending tourists up to the edge of space onboard the SpaceShipTwo space vehicle that can carry six passengers and two pilots 60 miles above the Earth. Flight details discussed include over 700...
- GAP Adventures blasts off. // Travel Trade Gazette UK & Ireland;11/23/2007, Issue 2794, p24
The article reports that GAP Adventures, a group tour specialist, has offered customers the chance to experience being an astronaut under its Space Experiences program. The company's Edge of the Earth tour involves flying customers to the upper reaches of the earth's atmosphere in a MIG-31 jet...
- Space: The New Frontier! Baird, Stephen // Technology Teacher;Apr2008, Vol. 67 Issue 7, p13
The article addresses the growth of space commercialization, tourism and exploration. The National Aeronautics and Space Administration's (NASA) Commercial Orbital Transportation Services (COTS) program aims to use commercially available space vehicles to transport crews and cargo to low-earth...
- SPACE TOY. Grossman, Lev // Time;7/5/2004, Vol. 164 Issue 1, p16
Reports on Michael Melvill, the first person to fly a civilian craft into space in 2004. Flight of SpaceShipOne, created by Burt Rutan and Paul Allen; Desire to open space flight to tourists.
- VOYAGE INTO SPACE. HEGER, MONICA // Scholastic Math;3/24/2014, Vol. 34 Issue 10, p12
The article offers information on commercial trip to space offered by several companies in the U.S. Virgin Galactic is offering a trip 62 miles up into the atmosphere later in 2014 for a cost of 250,000 U.S. dollars, while others are selling trips to slightly lower altitudes. Tourists into space...
- LEGAL CHALLENGES RELATING TO THE COMMERCIAL USE OF OUTER SPACE, WITH SPECIFIC REFERENCE TO SPACE TOURISM. Ferreira-Snyman, A. // Potchefstroom Electronic Law Journal;2014, Vol. 17 Issue 1, p02
The article focuses on the legal issues related to the private commercial use of outer space and space tourism. It offers a definition of space tourism as a commercial activity allowing customers to get a direct or indirect experience with space travel. It focuses on the high cost and...
- Space Tourism Survives Fatal Blast. Morgan, Richard // Discover;Jan2008, Vol. 29 Issue 1, p45
The article discusses the conditions surrounding the space tourism industry in 2007. Details are given describing the setbacks of an industrial explosion at the manufacturer Scaled Composites, but also notes the large financial investment being put into the sector. It is suggested that interest...
