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Space capitalism : how humans will colonize planets, moons, and asteroids
This book compares and contrasts the motivations, morality, and effectiveness of space exploration when pursued by private entrepreneurs as opposed to government. The authors advocate market-driven, private initiatives take the lead through enhanced competition and significant resources that can be allocated to the exploration and exploitation of outer space. Space travel and colonisation is analysed through the prism of economic freedom and laissez faire capitalism, in a unique and accessible book.
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Pop Star Goes to Space!
\"Katy Perry is a singer. She has a lot of fans. She knows what it’s like to be a star. On April 14 [2025], she found out what it’s like to blast off to the stars! The celebrity went to space with an all-female crew.\" (News-O-Matic) Learn about Katy Perry's space trip.
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Axiom-4 Makes History
\"On June 25, 2025, Axiom, a private Houston-based aerospace developer, launched Axiom-4 from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida with sights on the International Space Station. What made this mission historic? With astronauts from Poland, Hungary, and India, the crew aboard the SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule on a Falcon 9 rocket had already put in serious miles before hitting the stratosphere. Axiom-4 was the first government-funded mission crewed by Hungarian, Polish, and Indian astronauts in more than 40 years.\" (World Book Online Behind the Headlines) Learn how Axiom-4 became a historic space mission.
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Blue Origin Shoots 6 Tourists Into Space After Nearly 2-Year Hiatus
\"Six tourists shot into the edge of space and became astronauts early Sunday [May 19, 2024] following a nearly two-year layoff after a previous failed uncrewed test flight by the space exploration company Blue Origin. The scheduled New Shepard flight blasted off at 9:36 a.m. local time from Amazon founder Jeff Bezos' Launch Site One about 30 miles north of the town of Van Horn in Culberson County. The facilities are on a private ranch in West Texas. 'A successful crewed mission in the books. #NS25,' the NASA-awarded company posted on X just after the rocket lifted off.\" (USA Today (Online)) Learn more about Blue Origin's seventh space tourism mission.
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Jeff Bezos Launches Mars Rocket in Race Against Elon Musk
\"Jeff Bezos has narrowed the gap with Elon Musk in the space race after successfully landing one of his reusable rockets for the first time. The Amazon founder, who owns space rocket maker Blue Origin, launched a probe to Mars late on Thursday [Nov 13, 2025] powered by the company’s New Glenn rocket, which is set to compete with Mr Musk’s SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket...Mr Bezos founded Blue Origin in 2000. For 25 years, the company worked on building rocket designs for space tourism and future Nasa missions. In 2021, the company’s smaller New Shepard rocket completed a space tourism flight with Mr Bezos on board as one of its first passengers. Mr Bezos previously lost out to Mr Musk on a multibillion-dollar contract in 2021 to build a lunar lander for a future US mission to the Moon.\" (Telegraph.co.uk.) Learn more about Blue Origin's space flight.
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The Future of Space Tourism Is Now. Well, Not Quite
\"Less than a year after Jeff Bezos and Richard Branson kicked off a commercial space race by blasting into the upper atmosphere within weeks of each other last summer [2021], the global space tourism market is skyrocketing, with dozens of companies now offering reservations for everything from zero-pressure balloon trips to astronaut boot camps and simulated zero-gravity flights. But don't don your spacesuit just yet. While the financial services company UBS estimates the space travel market will be worth $3 billion by 2030, the Federal Aviation Administration has yet to approve most out-of-this-world trips, and construction has not started on the first space hotel. And while access and options--not to mention launchpads--are burgeoning, space tourism remains astronomically expensive for most.\" (New York Times) Read more about how space tourism is evolving and the options that will become available.
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Katy Perry and Gayle King Are Among 6 Women Headed to Space Aboard
\"Blue Origin’s next crewed flight mission aboard its tourism rocket, expected to lift off this spring [Mar 2025], will carry an all-female crew to space. Journalist Gayle King, singer Katy Perry and bioastronautics research scientist Amanda Nguyen are among the six-person crew who will launch on the New Shepard vehicle. They will be joined by Aisha Bowe, a former NASA rocket scientist and CEO of STEMBoard, and Kerianne Flynn, a film producer who has conducted nonprofit work with The Allen-Stevenson School, The High Line and Hudson River Park.\" (CNN Wire Service) Learn more about Blue Origin’s new all-female crewed flight mission.
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University Experts Call for Enhanced Radiation Warnings
\"In a groundbreaking study led by space weather experts at the University of Surrey, there's a growing call for immediate action to safeguard the burgeoning space tourism industry from the invisible threat of cosmic radiation. The study, recently published in Space Policy, emphasizes the urgent need for collaboration between regulators and space tourism companies to enhance passenger and crew protection against space weather radiation exposure. The Earth's natural defenses, including its atmosphere and magnetic field, shield those on the ground from the relentless barrage of electrically charged particles emanating from the sun. However, this protective barrier weakens with altitude, posing a significantly heightened risk to those embarking on space tourist flights.\" (UPI Space Daily) Read more about the radiation risks with the space tourism industry.
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What's Your Reaction to the All-Female Blue Origin Flight?
\"This week [Apr 18, 2025], Jeff Bezos’ private spaceflight start-up, Blue Origin, launched six well-known women into space, including the pop star Katy Perry and the broadcast journalist Gayle King. It was the first spaceflight to have an all-female crew in 60 years.\" (New York Times (Online)) Learn how Blue Origin launched the first all-female celebrity space crew in over 60 years.
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Blue Origin Rocket Engine Explodes During Testing in Blow
\"Jeff Bezos’ space company Blue Origin has suffered a setback after a rocket explosion during testing, in a blow to the billionaire’s space business. The blast occurred last month during testing of its BE-4 rocket, according to CNBC. An engine detonated about 10 seconds into the test during a firing on June 30 at the company’s facility in West Texas, it was reported. A Blue Origin spokesperson confirmed to CNBC that the company 'ran into an issue while testing Vulcan’s Flight Engine 3.' No one was injured in the incident and the company said it was assessing the 'root cause,' adding 'we already have a proximate cause and are working on remedial actions.'\" (Telegraph.co.uk.) Read more about the Blue Origin test explosion.
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